Midland International Air and Space Port in December 2023

89.9%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 706 domestic departures from Midland International Air and Space Port (MAF). 89.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.2% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so MAF departures were 6.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MAF that month were on time 86.5% of the time (706 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 88.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.6%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	MAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	89.9%	—	83.4%	83.1%
Arrived on time	88.2%	—	82.8%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	1.5%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.5 min	—	13.9 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	24	—	25	19,013
Scheduled departures	706	—	9,247	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	314	44%	90.1%	-2.4 min	0.3%
MQ Envoy Air	181	26%	87.8%	-2.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	171	24%	84.2%	4.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	40	6%	92.5%	1.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MAF–DFW	Midland/Odessa to Dallas/Fort Worth	225	87.1%	-1.8 min	0.0%
MAF–DAL	Midland/Odessa to Dallas	136	91.9%	-5.3 min	0.7%
MAF–DEN	Midland/Odessa to Denver	111	84.7%	1.8 min	0.0%
MAF–HOU	Midland/Odessa to Houston	88	89.8%	1.4 min	0.0%
MAF–IAH	Midland/Odessa to Houston	56	91.1%	-3.0 min	0.0%
MAF–LAS	Midland/Odessa to Las Vegas	31	77.4%	1.7 min	0.0%
MAF–PHX	Midland/Odessa to Phoenix	31	87.1%	21.3 min	0.0%
MAF–AUS	Midland/Odessa to Austin	28	96.4%	-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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	50.0%	37.1%	2,351
Late-arriving aircraft	32.1%	38.8%	1,510
National Aviation System	12.6%	17.6%	594
Extreme weather	5.2%	6.2%	243
Security	0.2%	0.3%	8

4,706 delay minutes on 82 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 December 2023?

89.9% of 706 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.