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Airport month · August 2024
Harrisburg International in August 2024
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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 467 domestic departures from Harrisburg International (MDT). 75.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.2% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so MDT departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 497 departures with 84.5% leaving on time: a change of −9.1 points, with flights down 6%.
Flights arriving at MDT that month were on time 69.4% of the time (467 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and extreme weather 13%.
- On time 73.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.5%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.4%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | MDT, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.4% | 84.5% | 76.4% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 73.2% | 83.5% | 75.4% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 1.2% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 31.2 min | 16.1 min | 22.3 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 16 | 17 | 16 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 467 | 497 | 5,767 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 130 | 28% | 67.7% | 30.9 min | 1.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 85 | 18% | 89.4% | -0.8 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 84 | 18% | 72.6% | 15.8 min | 1.2% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 74 | 16% | 63.5% | 51.5 min | 1.4% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 50 | 11% | 70.0% | 46.1 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 44 | 9% | 79.5% | 9.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MDT–CLT | Harrisburg to Charlotte | 149 | 65.8% | 37.9 min | 1.3% |
| MDT–ATL | Harrisburg to Atlanta | 85 | 89.4% | -0.8 min | 0.0% |
| MDT–ORD | Harrisburg to Chicago | 74 | 73.0% | 18.5 min | 1.4% |
| MDT–DTW | Harrisburg to Detroit | 54 | 77.8% | 7.3 min | 0.0% |
| MDT–DFW | Harrisburg to Dallas/Fort Worth | 31 | 80.6% | 22.4 min | 0.0% |
| MDT–SFB | Harrisburg to Sanford | 18 | 50.0% | 167.7 min | 0.0% |
| MDT–PIE | Harrisburg to St. Petersburg | 15 | 73.3% | 38.5 min | 0.0% |
| MDT–MYR | Harrisburg to Myrtle Beach | 11 | 54.5% | 16.2 min | 0.0% |
| MDT–BNA | Harrisburg to Nashville | 9 | 88.9% | -8.7 min | 0.0% |
| MDT–JAX | Harrisburg to Jacksonville | 9 | 66.7% | -6.1 min | 11.1% |
| MDT–PGD | Harrisburg to Punta Gorda | 9 | 66.7% | 7.2 min | 0.0% |
| MDT–SRQ | Harrisburg to Sarasota/Bradenton | 3 | 33.3% | 16.7 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MDT on time in August 2024?
75.4% of 467 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 84.5% of 497 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 75.4% and 0.9% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.