Harrisburg International in March 2024

85.8%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 394 domestic departures from Harrisburg International (MDT). 85.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.0% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so MDT departures were 7.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MDT that month were on time 85.0% of the time (394 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 21%.

On time 86.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.7%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	MDT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	85.8%	—	76.4%	78.5%
Arrived on time	86.0%	—	75.4%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.3%	—	2.4%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.7 min	—	22.3 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	—	16	19,726
Scheduled departures	394	—	5,767	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	74	19%	67.6%	14.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	70	18%	94.3%	-15.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	57	14%	84.2%	-5.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	51	13%	96.1%	-12.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	44	11%	88.6%	-3.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	8%	93.5%	-8.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	28	7%	92.9%	-1.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	24	6%	95.8%	-13.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	15	4%	60.0%	50.5 min	6.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MDT–ATL	Harrisburg to Atlanta	88	92.0%	-7.1 min	0.0%
MDT–ORD	Harrisburg to Chicago	63	93.7%	-10.4 min	0.0%
MDT–CLT	Harrisburg to Charlotte	54	88.9%	-2.6 min	0.0%
MDT–EWR	Harrisburg to Newark	38	94.7%	-17.7 min	0.0%
MDT–DFW	Harrisburg to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	83.9%	-5.9 min	0.0%
MDT–DTW	Harrisburg to Detroit	31	96.8%	-15.2 min	0.0%
MDT–SFB	Harrisburg to Sanford	24	62.5%	19.3 min	0.0%
MDT–MCO	Harrisburg to Orlando	15	60.0%	50.5 min	6.7%
MDT–PGD	Harrisburg to Punta Gorda	14	50.0%	32.5 min	0.0%
MDT–BNA	Harrisburg to Nashville	9	88.9%	-9.2 min	0.0%
MDT–FLL	Harrisburg to Fort Lauderdale	9	77.8%	-3.9 min	0.0%
MDT–PIE	Harrisburg to St. Petersburg	9	77.8%	-7.1 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	21.0%	32.1%	909
Late-arriving aircraft	47.2%	42.1%	2,041
National Aviation System	28.4%	21.4%	1,227
Extreme weather	3.3%	4.2%	143
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,320 delay minutes on 54 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 March 2024?

85.8% of 394 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.