On-Time Report

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Airport month · September 2025

Harrisburg International in September 2025

83.8%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 357 domestic departures from Harrisburg International (MDT). 83.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so MDT departures were 0.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 428 departures with 80.8% leaving on time: a change of +3.0 points, with flights down 17%.

Flights arriving at MDT that month were on time 81.8% of the time (357 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 34%, air carrier 28% and late-arriving aircraft 28%.

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

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

MeasureSep 2025Sep 2024MDT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time83.8%80.8%76.4%83.1%
Arrived on time84.6%81.8%75.4%82.8%
Cancelled0.0%0.9%2.4%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.8 min17.7 min22.3 min12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day12141618,748
Scheduled departures3574285,767562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines8925%91.0%-9.4 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines8123%92.6%-3.9 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air6117%90.2%-7.5 min0.0%
UA United Airlines5716%80.7%9.2 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air4412%61.4%51.0 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline113%63.6%17.0 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines93%77.8%8.6 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines31%100.0%-18.7 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines21%50.0%26.5 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MDT–ORDHarrisburg to Chicago12983.7%2.0 min0.0%
MDT–ATLHarrisburg to Atlanta8192.6%-3.9 min0.0%
MDT–CLTHarrisburg to Charlotte6090.0%-8.8 min0.0%
MDT–DFWHarrisburg to Dallas/Fort Worth3093.3%-10.7 min0.0%
MDT–SFBHarrisburg to Sanford1723.5%123.6 min0.0%
MDT–MCOHarrisburg to Orlando977.8%8.6 min0.0%
MDT–PIEHarrisburg to St. Petersburg977.8%20.1 min0.0%
MDT–MYRHarrisburg to Myrtle Beach887.5%1.3 min0.0%
MDT–PGDHarrisburg to Punta Gorda8100.0%-10.4 min0.0%
MDT–DTWHarrisburg to Detroit250.0%26.5 min0.0%
MDT–BNAHarrisburg to Nashville10.0%19.0 min0.0%
MDT–EUGHarrisburg to Eugene1100.0%-27.0 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2025Minutes
Air carrier28.4%34.3%1,435
Late-arriving aircraft28.2%37.4%1,423
National Aviation System34.2%22.6%1,723
Extreme weather9.1%5.6%458
Security0.1%0.1%5
5,044 delay minutes on 54 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 September 2025?

83.8% of 357 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 80.8% of 428 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 83.8% and 0.0% in September 2025.

Provenance

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