On-Time Report

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Airport month · May 2025

Harrisburg International in May 2025

83.7%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 479 domestic departures from Harrisburg International (MDT). 83.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.1% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so MDT departures were 7.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 483 departures with 77.6% leaving on time: a change of +6.1 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at MDT that month were on time 77.2% of the time (478 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 17%.

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

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

MeasureMay 2025May 2024MDT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time83.7%77.6%76.4%76.7%
Arrived on time83.1%73.9%75.4%75.4%
Cancelled0.8%1.2%2.4%1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)15.4 min17.8 min22.3 min17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day16161620,188
Scheduled departures4794835,767605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
G4 Allegiant Air9820%74.5%9.9 min1.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines9420%86.2%1.4 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines8317%85.5%6.1 min1.2%
AA American Airlines6714%94.0%1.3 min3.0%
YX Republic Airline419%82.9%-4.7 min0.0%
UA United Airlines316%90.3%-3.0 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air296%69.0%8.0 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines265%88.5%15.5 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines102%50.0%56.5 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MDT–ORDHarrisburg to Chicago13580.0%0.2 min0.0%
MDT–ATLHarrisburg to Atlanta8785.1%7.5 min1.1%
MDT–CLTHarrisburg to Charlotte6293.5%5.9 min0.0%
MDT–DTWHarrisburg to Detroit5692.9%-1.5 min0.0%
MDT–DFWHarrisburg to Dallas/Fort Worth3190.3%4.3 min6.5%
MDT–SFBHarrisburg to Sanford2661.5%18.5 min0.0%
MDT–PGDHarrisburg to Punta Gorda1275.0%26.5 min0.0%
MDT–PIEHarrisburg to St. Petersburg1266.7%23.5 min0.0%
MDT–SRQHarrisburg to Sarasota/Bradenton12100.0%-16.2 min0.0%
MDT–MCOHarrisburg to Orlando1050.0%56.5 min0.0%
MDT–BNAHarrisburg to Nashville966.7%-8.0 min0.0%
MDT–FLLHarrisburg to Fort Lauderdale9100.0%-14.7 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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, May 2025Minutes
Air carrier50.4%29.3%3,490
Late-arriving aircraft26.3%37.8%1,818
National Aviation System16.9%25.9%1,173
Extreme weather6.4%6.9%443
Security0.0%0.1%0
6,924 delay minutes on 77 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 2025?

83.7% of 479 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 77.6% of 483 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 83.7% and 0.8% in May 2025.

Provenance

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