Capital Region International in October 2024

82.5%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 114 domestic departures from Capital Region International (LAN). 82.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so LAN departures were 3.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 115 departures with 86.1% leaving on time: a change of −3.6 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at LAN that month were on time 78.9% of the time (114 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and extreme weather 8%.

On time 85.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.9%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	LAN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	82.5%	86.1%	75.7%	85.5%
Arrived on time	85.1%	87.0%	73.6%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	2.8%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.2 min	16.4 min	28.4 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	4	5	20,517
Scheduled departures	114	115	1,904	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	70	61%	84.3%	0.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	26	23%	80.8%	4.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	18	16%	94.4%	-9.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
LAN–DTW	Lansing to Detroit	88	86.4%	-1.2 min	0.0%
LAN–DCA	Lansing to Washington	26	80.8%	4.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	55.2%	42.7%	556
Late-arriving aircraft	30.3%	37.4%	305
National Aviation System	6.7%	16.3%	68
Extreme weather	7.8%	3.4%	79
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,008 delay minutes on 17 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 2024?

82.5% of 114 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 86.1% of 115 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 82.5% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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