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Airport month · October 2023

Harrisburg International in October 2023

91.0%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 521 domestic departures from Harrisburg International (MDT). 91.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so MDT departures were 7.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MDT that month were on time 91.5% of the time (519 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 14%.

Every scheduled departure from MDT in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

MeasureOct 2023Year earlierMDT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time91.0%—76.4%83.8%
Arrived on time90.8%—75.4%84.0%
Cancelled0.0%—2.4%0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)5.6 min—22.3 min11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day17—1619,966
Scheduled departures521—5,767598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OH PSA Airlines8817%90.9%-7.6 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines8617%94.2%-11.6 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline8015%96.3%-13.3 min0.0%
AA American Airlines6613%81.8%2.1 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air6412%87.5%-2.2 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines397%94.9%-5.0 min0.0%
UA United Airlines316%93.5%-12.2 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air275%96.3%-12.7 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air275%85.2%-2.3 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines132%76.9%1.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MDT–CLTHarrisburg to Charlotte12387.8%-5.3 min0.0%
MDT–ORDHarrisburg to Chicago12093.3%-8.9 min0.0%
MDT–ATLHarrisburg to Atlanta8694.2%-11.6 min0.0%
MDT–EWRHarrisburg to Newark5394.3%-10.4 min0.0%
MDT–DFWHarrisburg to Dallas/Fort Worth3183.9%3.7 min0.0%
MDT–DTWHarrisburg to Detroit3196.8%-13.6 min0.0%
MDT–SFBHarrisburg to Sanford2584.0%0.9 min0.0%
MDT–MCOHarrisburg to Orlando1376.9%1.0 min0.0%
MDT–PIEHarrisburg to St. Petersburg1392.3%-4.8 min0.0%
MDT–BNAHarrisburg to Nashville9100.0%-6.7 min0.0%
MDT–PGDHarrisburg to Punta Gorda966.7%7.3 min0.0%
MDT–SRQHarrisburg to Sarasota/Bradenton8100.0%-13.2 min0.0%

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 categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Oct 2023Minutes
Air carrier48.6%41.3%1,185
Late-arriving aircraft37.8%40.5%922
National Aviation System13.6%14.4%332
Extreme weather0.0%3.7%0
Security0.0%0.2%0
2,439 delay minutes on 48 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left MDT on time in October 2023?

91.0% of 521 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.8% 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 MDT · methodology · corrections.