Midland International Air and Space Port in October 2023

85.9%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 787 domestic departures from Midland International Air and Space Port (MAF). 85.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.5% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so MAF departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MAF that month were on time 83.4% of the time (787 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 85.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.1%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from MAF 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	MAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	85.9%	—	83.4%	83.8%
Arrived on time	85.5%	—	82.8%	84.0%
Cancelled	1.3%	—	1.5%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.3 min	—	13.9 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	—	25	19,966
Scheduled departures	787	—	9,247	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	333	42%	88.3%	-1.6 min	0.6%
MQ Envoy Air	201	26%	81.6%	2.0 min	2.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	196	25%	86.7%	2.0 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	57	7%	78.9%	4.5 min	3.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MAF–DFW	Midland/Odessa to Dallas/Fort Worth	219	82.2%	1.4 min	2.3%
MAF–DAL	Midland/Odessa to Dallas	133	90.2%	-4.5 min	0.8%
MAF–DEN	Midland/Odessa to Denver	122	86.1%	-0.1 min	0.8%
MAF–IAH	Midland/Odessa to Houston	113	82.3%	5.3 min	1.8%
MAF–HOU	Midland/Odessa to Houston	106	87.7%	2.2 min	0.0%
MAF–LAS	Midland/Odessa to Las Vegas	36	75.0%	3.4 min	2.8%
MAF–PHX	Midland/Odessa to Phoenix	31	90.3%	1.0 min	0.0%
MAF–AUS	Midland/Odessa to Austin	27	100.0%	-6.4 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	36.0%	41.3%	2,326
Late-arriving aircraft	39.7%	40.5%	2,565
National Aviation System	14.1%	14.4%	912
Extreme weather	10.1%	3.7%	655
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,458 delay minutes on 103 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 October 2023?

85.9% of 787 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.5% 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 MAF · methodology · corrections.