Capital Region International in October 2023

86.1%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 115 domestic departures from Capital Region International (LAN). 86.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so LAN departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at LAN that month were on time 88.7% of the time (115 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 67%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 4%.

On time 87.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.0%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from LAN in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	LAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	86.1%	—	75.7%	83.8%
Arrived on time	87.0%	—	73.6%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.8%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.4 min	—	28.4 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	—	5	19,966
Scheduled departures	115	—	1,904	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	83	72%	92.8%	-6.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	27	23%	70.4%	13.7 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	5	4%	80.0%	149.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAN–DTW	Lansing to Detroit	88	92.0%	2.1 min	0.0%
LAN–DCA	Lansing to Washington	27	70.4%	13.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	66.5%	41.3%	1,141
Late-arriving aircraft	29.7%	40.5%	509
National Aviation System	3.8%	14.4%	65
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.7%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,715 delay minutes on 15 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left LAN on time in October 2023?

86.1% of 115 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for LAN · methodology · corrections.