Capital Region International in September 2024

84.9%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 106 domestic departures from Capital Region International (LAN). 84.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.7% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so LAN departures were 0.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 104 departures with 80.8% leaving on time: a change of +4.1 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at LAN that month were on time 83.0% of the time (106 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, extreme weather 24% and late-arriving aircraft 14%.

On time 88.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.3%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	LAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	84.9%	80.8%	75.7%	84.4%
Arrived on time	88.7%	83.7%	73.6%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	1.9%	2.8%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.4 min	10.5 min	28.4 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	4	5	19,421
Scheduled departures	106	104	1,904	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	58	55%	86.2%	-1.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	26	25%	88.5%	-6.4 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	22	21%	95.5%	-10.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAN–DTW	Lansing to Detroit	80	88.8%	-3.5 min	0.0%
LAN–DCA	Lansing to Washington	26	88.5%	-6.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	52.4%	38.6%	502
Late-arriving aircraft	14.3%	38.4%	137
National Aviation System	9.3%	18.2%	89
Extreme weather	24.0%	4.8%	230
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

958 delay minutes on 12 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 September 2024?

84.9% of 106 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 80.8% of 104 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 84.9% and 0.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

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