Midland International Air and Space Port in September 2024

87.2%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 775 domestic departures from Midland International Air and Space Port (MAF). 87.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.7% 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 MAF departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 680 departures with 86.5% leaving on time: a change of +0.7 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at MAF that month were on time 85.9% of the time (775 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 86.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.3%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MAF 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	MAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	87.2%	86.5%	83.4%	84.4%
Arrived on time	86.7%	85.4%	82.8%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.7%	1.5%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.9 min	9.4 min	13.9 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	23	25	19,421
Scheduled departures	775	680	9,247	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	307	40%	85.3%	1.0 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	284	37%	90.5%	-3.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	184	24%	83.2%	1.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MAF–DFW	Midland/Odessa to Dallas/Fort Worth	242	81.8%	3.8 min	0.0%
MAF–AUS	Midland/Odessa to Austin	109	94.5%	-8.0 min	0.0%
MAF–DAL	Midland/Odessa to Dallas	106	88.7%	-5.2 min	0.0%
MAF–HOU	Midland/Odessa to Houston	106	92.5%	-5.7 min	0.0%
MAF–DEN	Midland/Odessa to Denver	103	75.7%	8.1 min	0.0%
MAF–IAH	Midland/Odessa to Houston	49	95.9%	-9.8 min	0.0%
MAF–LAS	Midland/Odessa to Las Vegas	30	90.0%	6.6 min	0.0%
MAF–PHX	Midland/Odessa to Phoenix	30	90.0%	2.1 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	47.6%	38.6%	2,878
Late-arriving aircraft	32.7%	38.4%	1,976
National Aviation System	10.8%	18.2%	651
Extreme weather	6.2%	4.8%	376
Security	2.7%	0.1%	162

6,043 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 September 2024?

87.2% of 775 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.7% 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, 86.5% of 680 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 87.2% 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 MAF · methodology · corrections.