On-Time Report

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Airport month · March 2025

Harrisburg International in March 2025

83.4%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 422 domestic departures from Harrisburg International (MDT). 83.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.1% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so MDT departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 394 departures with 85.8% leaving on time: a change of −2.4 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at MDT that month were on time 72.7% of the time (422 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 11%.

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

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

MeasureMar 2025Mar 2024MDT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time83.4%85.8%76.4%79.9%
Arrived on time84.1%86.0%75.4%79.3%
Cancelled0.5%0.3%2.4%1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.6 min11.7 min22.3 min14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day14131620,029
Scheduled departures4223945,767600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
G4 Allegiant Air10324%74.8%11.5 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines8620%91.9%-11.1 min0.0%
AA American Airlines6215%88.7%-7.0 min1.6%
OH PSA Airlines5613%85.7%6.6 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines5313%81.1%5.4 min1.9%
UA United Airlines317%93.5%-17.7 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines205%85.0%-1.5 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline61%83.3%0.2 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air51%40.0%11.4 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MDT–CLTHarrisburg to Charlotte8788.5%1.1 min0.0%
MDT–ATLHarrisburg to Atlanta8691.9%-11.1 min0.0%
MDT–ORDHarrisburg to Chicago5981.4%-4.8 min1.7%
MDT–DFWHarrisburg to Dallas/Fort Worth3183.9%-5.1 min3.2%
MDT–DTWHarrisburg to Detroit3193.5%0.3 min0.0%
MDT–SFBHarrisburg to Sanford2770.4%5.3 min0.0%
MDT–MCOHarrisburg to Orlando2085.0%-1.5 min0.0%
MDT–PGDHarrisburg to Punta Gorda1883.3%0.3 min0.0%
MDT–SRQHarrisburg to Sarasota/Bradenton1877.8%4.1 min0.0%
MDT–PIEHarrisburg to St. Petersburg1346.2%26.5 min0.0%
MDT–BNAHarrisburg to Nashville9100.0%-19.4 min0.0%
MDT–FLLHarrisburg to Fort Lauderdale966.7%118.8 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Mar 2025Minutes
Air carrier30.0%33.0%1,733
Late-arriving aircraft48.4%39.2%2,800
National Aviation System11.4%21.9%661
Extreme weather10.2%5.9%587
Security0.0%0.1%0
5,781 delay minutes on 65 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 March 2025?

83.4% of 422 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 85.8% of 394 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 83.4% and 0.5% in March 2025.

Provenance

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