Harrisburg International in December 2023

83.1%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 432 domestic departures from Harrisburg International (MDT). 83.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.3% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so MDT departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MDT that month were on time 85.8% of the time (431 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 84.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.3%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MDT 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	MDT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	83.1%	—	76.4%	83.1%
Arrived on time	84.3%	—	75.4%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	2.4%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.8 min	—	22.3 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	—	16	19,013
Scheduled departures	432	—	5,767	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	95	22%	83.2%	11.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	83	19%	89.2%	0.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	70	16%	90.0%	-5.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	68	16%	75.0%	2.7 min	2.9%
AA American Airlines	44	10%	86.4%	19.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	7%	80.6%	7.5 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	23	5%	91.3%	-11.4 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	16	4%	68.8%	10.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	2	0%	100.0%	-14.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MDT–ORD	Harrisburg to Chicago	100	81.0%	16.8 min	0.0%
MDT–CLT	Harrisburg to Charlotte	96	88.5%	4.0 min	0.0%
MDT–ATL	Harrisburg to Atlanta	88	89.8%	-6.4 min	0.0%
MDT–DFW	Harrisburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	87.1%	16.5 min	0.0%
MDT–DTW	Harrisburg to Detroit	31	90.3%	-13.3 min	0.0%
MDT–SFB	Harrisburg to Sanford	18	77.8%	0.7 min	0.0%
MDT–MCO	Harrisburg to Orlando	16	68.8%	10.8 min	0.0%
MDT–PIE	Harrisburg to St. Petersburg	13	92.3%	-14.2 min	7.7%
MDT–PGD	Harrisburg to Punta Gorda	12	66.7%	24.4 min	0.0%
MDT–BNA	Harrisburg to Nashville	9	88.9%	-18.1 min	0.0%
MDT–FLL	Harrisburg to Fort Lauderdale	9	33.3%	48.4 min	11.1%
MDT–SRQ	Harrisburg to Sarasota/Bradenton	7	85.7%	-25.4 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	49.0%	37.1%	3,612
Late-arriving aircraft	32.4%	38.8%	2,390
National Aviation System	16.6%	17.6%	1,224
Extreme weather	2.0%	6.2%	151
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

7,377 delay minutes on 66 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 MDT on time in December 2023?

83.1% of 432 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.3% 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 MDT · methodology · corrections.