Midland International Air and Space Port in December 2024

83.9%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 828 domestic departures from Midland International Air and Space Port (MAF). 83.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.3% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so MAF departures were 6.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 706 departures with 89.9% leaving on time: a change of −6.0 points, with flights up 17%.

Flights arriving at MAF that month were on time 83.2% of the time (827 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 31%, air carrier 28% and extreme weather 24%.

On time 83.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.7%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from MAF in December 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	MAF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	83.9%	89.9%	83.4%	77.8%
Arrived on time	83.3%	88.2%	82.8%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.1%	1.5%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.1 min	7.5 min	13.9 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	28	24	25	19,686
Scheduled departures	828	706	9,247	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	322	39%	81.7%	6.4 min	0.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	306	37%	86.6%	-1.0 min	0.3%
MQ Envoy Air	185	22%	80.5%	11.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	15	2%	86.7%	0.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MAF–DFW	Midland/Odessa to Dallas/Fort Worth	263	79.5%	11.5 min	0.0%
MAF–DAL	Midland/Odessa to Dallas	131	82.4%	6.2 min	1.5%
MAF–HOU	Midland/Odessa to Houston	115	80.9%	10.1 min	0.9%
MAF–DEN	Midland/Odessa to Denver	106	88.7%	-5.2 min	0.0%
MAF–AUS	Midland/Odessa to Austin	90	85.6%	-3.8 min	0.0%
MAF–IAH	Midland/Odessa to Houston	61	90.2%	-4.6 min	1.6%
MAF–LAS	Midland/Odessa to Las Vegas	31	83.9%	-2.5 min	0.0%
MAF–PHX	Midland/Odessa to Phoenix	31	90.3%	4.3 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	28.2%	34.3%	3,039
Late-arriving aircraft	30.9%	40.2%	3,336
National Aviation System	16.9%	17.8%	1,821
Extreme weather	23.9%	7.5%	2,585
Security	0.1%	0.2%	14

10,795 delay minutes on 130 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 2024?

83.9% of 828 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 89.9% of 706 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 83.9% and 0.5% in December 2024.

Provenance

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