On-Time Report

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Airport month · January 2025

Harrisburg International in January 2025

77.1%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 306 domestic departures from Harrisburg International (MDT). 77.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.5% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so MDT departures were 2.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 363 departures with 79.9% leaving on time: a change of −2.8 points, with flights down 16%.

Flights arriving at MDT that month were on time 73.4% of the time (305 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, national aviation system 24% and late-arriving aircraft 20%.

Every scheduled departure from MDT in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJan 2025Jan 2024MDT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time77.1%79.9%76.4%79.3%
Arrived on time72.5%75.2%75.4%78.6%
Cancelled2.6%3.0%2.4%3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)17.9 min20.0 min22.3 min14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day10121617,992
Scheduled departures3063635,767539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines7123%83.1%-2.6 min2.8%
G4 Allegiant Air6923%73.9%1.4 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines5919%61.0%15.5 min6.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines4314%58.1%38.3 min4.7%
UA United Airlines3110%77.4%12.5 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline186%83.3%-2.9 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines134%76.9%-2.6 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines21%100.0%-15.5 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MDT–ATLHarrisburg to Atlanta5961.0%15.5 min6.8%
MDT–ORDHarrisburg to Chicago5773.7%12.7 min1.8%
MDT–CLTHarrisburg to Charlotte3886.8%-9.6 min5.3%
MDT–DTWHarrisburg to Detroit3562.9%35.1 min2.9%
MDT–DFWHarrisburg to Dallas/Fort Worth3180.6%2.5 min0.0%
MDT–SFBHarrisburg to Sanford2470.8%-0.4 min0.0%
MDT–MCOHarrisburg to Orlando1376.9%-2.6 min0.0%
MDT–PGDHarrisburg to Punta Gorda1369.2%0.8 min0.0%
MDT–PIEHarrisburg to St. Petersburg1172.7%11.4 min0.0%
MDT–SRQHarrisburg to Sarasota/Bradenton1070.0%14.8 min0.0%
MDT–JAXHarrisburg to Jacksonville9100.0%-30.6 min0.0%
MDT–MIAHarrisburg to Miami475.0%14.8 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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2025Minutes
Air carrier45.7%36.2%2,658
Late-arriving aircraft19.8%34.7%1,155
National Aviation System24.1%19.9%1,405
Extreme weather10.4%9.1%603
Security0.0%0.2%0
5,821 delay minutes on 76 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 2025?

77.1% of 306 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 79.9% of 363 departures left on time and 3.0% were cancelled, against 77.1% and 2.6% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.