Capital Region International in August 2024

71.6%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 109 domestic departures from Capital Region International (LAN). 71.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.6% reached their destination on time; 2.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so LAN departures were 3.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 93 departures with 86.0% leaving on time: a change of −14.4 points, with flights up 17%.

Flights arriving at LAN that month were on time 75.2% of the time (109 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, extreme weather 31% and late-arriving aircraft 19%.

On time 70.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.6%
Cancelled 2.8%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from LAN in August 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	LAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	71.6%	86.0%	75.7%	75.4%
Arrived on time	70.6%	86.0%	73.6%	74.7%
Cancelled	2.8%	4.3%	2.8%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	33.3 min	6.7 min	28.4 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	3	5	20,634
Scheduled departures	109	93	1,904	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	61	56%	73.8%	22.3 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	26	24%	57.7%	66.2 min	7.7%
9E Endeavor Air	22	20%	77.3%	-2.4 min	4.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAN–DTW	Lansing to Detroit	83	74.7%	16.0 min	1.2%
LAN–DCA	Lansing to Washington	26	57.7%	66.2 min	7.7%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	42.6%	33.8%	1,552
Late-arriving aircraft	18.8%	39.8%	685
National Aviation System	8.0%	20.4%	292
Extreme weather	30.6%	5.9%	1,117
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,646 delay minutes on 29 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 August 2024?

71.6% of 109 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 86.0% of 93 departures left on time and 4.3% were cancelled, against 71.6% and 2.8% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; 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.