On-Time Report

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Airport month · August 2025

Harrisburg International in August 2025

78.3%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 410 domestic departures from Harrisburg International (MDT). 78.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.3% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so MDT departures were 1.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 467 departures with 75.4% leaving on time: a change of +2.9 points, with flights down 12%.

Flights arriving at MDT that month were on time 75.6% of the time (410 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 10%.

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

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

MeasureAug 2025Aug 2024MDT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time78.3%75.4%76.4%76.8%
Arrived on time78.3%73.2%75.4%76.3%
Cancelled2.4%0.9%2.4%1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)19.7 min31.2 min22.3 min17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day14161620,079
Scheduled departures4104675,767602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
G4 Allegiant Air8721%64.4%27.5 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines8420%85.7%-7.4 min2.4%
MQ Envoy Air8220%84.1%-11.1 min3.7%
AA American Airlines6115%77.0%18.9 min0.0%
UA United Airlines4110%90.2%-8.2 min4.9%
OH PSA Airlines369%86.1%39.7 min5.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines133%46.2%20.3 min7.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines61%50.0%1.8 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MDT–ORDHarrisburg to Chicago12984.5%-9.6 min3.9%
MDT–ATLHarrisburg to Atlanta8485.7%-7.4 min2.4%
MDT–CLTHarrisburg to Charlotte6680.3%25.8 min3.0%
MDT–DFWHarrisburg to Dallas/Fort Worth3180.6%27.7 min0.0%
MDT–SFBHarrisburg to Sanford2347.8%64.2 min0.0%
MDT–MCOHarrisburg to Orlando1346.2%20.3 min7.7%
MDT–MYRHarrisburg to Myrtle Beach1250.0%29.3 min0.0%
MDT–PIEHarrisburg to St. Petersburg1275.0%7.5 min0.0%
MDT–PGDHarrisburg to Punta Gorda1163.6%32.7 min0.0%
MDT–BNAHarrisburg to Nashville9100.0%-21.4 min0.0%
MDT–JAXHarrisburg to Jacksonville977.8%14.6 min0.0%
MDT–FLLHarrisburg to Fort Lauderdale633.3%45.5 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2025Minutes
Air carrier40.4%33.1%3,148
Late-arriving aircraft41.2%40.5%3,213
National Aviation System10.4%19.2%814
Extreme weather7.9%7.0%615
Security0.0%0.1%0
7,790 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 August 2025?

78.3% of 410 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 75.4% of 467 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 78.3% and 2.4% in August 2025.

Provenance

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