Midland International Air and Space Port in September 2023

86.5%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 680 domestic departures from Midland International Air and Space Port (MAF). 86.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.4% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so MAF departures were 6.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MAF that month were on time 82.4% of the time (682 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 85.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.4%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from MAF in September 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	MAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	86.5%	—	83.4%	80.5%
Arrived on time	85.4%	—	82.8%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.7%	—	1.5%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.4 min	—	13.9 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	23	—	25	18,978
Scheduled departures	680	—	9,247	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	321	47%	87.9%	-0.3 min	0.3%
MQ Envoy Air	244	36%	86.1%	1.2 min	0.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	59	9%	67.8%	9.1 min	1.7%
UA United Airlines	56	8%	87.5%	-5.0 min	3.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MAF–DFW	Midland/Odessa to Dallas/Fort Worth	218	84.9%	1.9 min	0.5%
MAF–DAL	Midland/Odessa to Dallas	129	93.0%	-5.2 min	0.0%
MAF–HOU	Midland/Odessa to Houston	104	91.3%	-6.4 min	0.0%
MAF–IAH	Midland/Odessa to Houston	79	84.8%	-1.5 min	3.8%
MAF–DEN	Midland/Odessa to Denver	62	62.9%	17.1 min	0.0%
MAF–LAS	Midland/Odessa to Las Vegas	33	75.8%	18.2 min	3.0%
MAF–PHX	Midland/Odessa to Phoenix	30	93.3%	-4.5 min	0.0%
MAF–AUS	Midland/Odessa to Austin	25	88.0%	-0.7 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 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	38.4%	36.4%	2,221
Late-arriving aircraft	35.3%	38.3%	2,038
National Aviation System	18.2%	19.9%	1,052
Extreme weather	7.7%	5.1%	445
Security	0.4%	0.2%	24

5,780 delay minutes on 91 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 MAF on time in September 2023?

86.5% of 680 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MAF · methodology · corrections.