On-Time Report

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Airport month · May 2024

Harrisburg International in May 2024

77.6%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 483 domestic departures from Harrisburg International (MDT). 77.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.9% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so MDT departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MDT that month were on time 69.3% of the time (482 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 18%.

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

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

MeasureMay 2024Year earlierMDT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time77.6%—76.4%73.4%
Arrived on time73.9%—75.4%72.3%
Cancelled1.2%—2.4%1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)17.8 min—22.3 min20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day16—1620,325
Scheduled departures483—5,767609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines8718%80.5%1.1 min1.1%
AA American Airlines8518%60.0%25.6 min2.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines8417%70.2%15.4 min2.4%
G4 Allegiant Air7516%76.0%4.2 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines6714%73.1%15.1 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline418%75.6%-1.6 min2.4%
UA United Airlines316%93.5%-6.8 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air71%85.7%-3.4 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines61%83.3%-13.5 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MDT–CLTHarrisburg to Charlotte12169.4%20.4 min0.0%
MDT–ORDHarrisburg to Chicago9669.8%11.6 min3.1%
MDT–ATLHarrisburg to Atlanta8880.7%1.1 min1.1%
MDT–DTWHarrisburg to Detroit4479.5%4.7 min0.0%
MDT–DFWHarrisburg to Dallas/Fort Worth3151.6%23.2 min6.5%
MDT–EWRHarrisburg to Newark22100.0%-15.1 min0.0%
MDT–SFBHarrisburg to Sanford1973.7%1.5 min0.0%
MDT–PIEHarrisburg to St. Petersburg1181.8%-7.2 min0.0%
MDT–BNAHarrisburg to Nashville977.8%8.1 min0.0%
MDT–FLLHarrisburg to Fort Lauderdale955.6%23.4 min0.0%
MDT–MYRHarrisburg to Myrtle Beach977.8%9.1 min0.0%
MDT–PGDHarrisburg to Punta Gorda977.8%4.2 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, May 2024Minutes
Air carrier22.5%29.8%1,907
Late-arriving aircraft50.6%43.0%4,291
National Aviation System17.9%20.1%1,518
Extreme weather8.9%7.0%753
Security0.1%0.1%11
8,480 delay minutes on 118 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 May 2024?

77.6% of 483 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.