On-Time Report

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Airport month · January 2024

Harrisburg International in January 2024

79.9%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 363 domestic departures from Harrisburg International (MDT). 79.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.2% reached their destination on time; 3.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so MDT departures were 5.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MDT that month were on time 75.8% of the time (363 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 19%.

Every scheduled departure from MDT in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

MeasureJan 2024Year earlierMDT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time79.9%—76.4%74.0%
Arrived on time75.2%—75.4%72.9%
Cancelled3.0%—2.4%3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)20.0 min—22.3 min18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day12—1618,242
Scheduled departures363—5,767547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
9E Endeavor Air6718%77.6%0.9 min3.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines6117%68.9%36.1 min8.2%
AA American Airlines5816%74.1%15.5 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air5615%85.7%-12.1 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines3911%69.2%7.8 min5.1%
UA United Airlines319%71.0%22.2 min6.5%
YX Republic Airline247%79.2%0.8 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines144%64.3%36.8 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines134%84.6%-13.5 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MDT–ATLHarrisburg to Atlanta7578.7%-1.1 min2.7%
MDT–CLTHarrisburg to Charlotte6677.3%2.6 min3.0%
MDT–ORDHarrisburg to Chicago6669.7%17.3 min7.6%
MDT–DFWHarrisburg to Dallas/Fort Worth3161.3%32.8 min0.0%
MDT–DTWHarrisburg to Detroit3171.0%54.2 min6.5%
MDT–EWRHarrisburg to Newark2479.2%0.8 min0.0%
MDT–SFBHarrisburg to Sanford2378.3%-9.3 min0.0%
MDT–MCOHarrisburg to Orlando1464.3%36.8 min0.0%
MDT–PIEHarrisburg to St. Petersburg11100.0%-27.5 min0.0%
MDT–PGDHarrisburg to Punta Gorda1090.0%-7.9 min0.0%
MDT–SRQHarrisburg to Sarasota/Bradenton988.9%-6.7 min0.0%
MDT–FLLHarrisburg to Fort Lauderdale250.0%0.0 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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2024Minutes
Air carrier27.6%32.6%2,121
Late-arriving aircraft37.8%39.0%2,901
National Aviation System19.3%17.9%1,480
Extreme weather15.3%10.3%1,174
Security0.0%0.2%0
7,676 delay minutes on 78 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 January 2024?

79.9% of 363 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.