On-Time Report

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Airport month · April 2026

Harrisburg International in April 2026

77.8%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 537 domestic departures from Harrisburg International (MDT). 77.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.5% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so MDT departures were 1.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 483 departures with 85.1% leaving on time: a change of −7.3 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at MDT that month were on time 73.7% of the time (537 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 14%.

Every scheduled departure from MDT in April 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

April 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureApr 2026Apr 2025MDT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time77.8%85.1%76.4%79.1%
Arrived on time77.5%84.9%75.4%78.9%
Cancelled1.7%0.6%2.4%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)25.3 min14.7 min22.3 min14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day18161619,931
Scheduled departures5374835,767597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines13726%82.5%4.9 min1.5%
G4 Allegiant Air9317%72.0%15.2 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines8416%85.7%-0.6 min2.4%
YX Republic Airline7614%86.8%-0.6 min0.0%
UA United Airlines5510%70.9%15.8 min3.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines519%62.7%87.0 min3.9%
MQ Envoy Air316%61.3%22.2 min3.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines102%80.0%1.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MDT–ORDHarrisburg to Chicago24474.2%27.6 min2.5%
MDT–ATLHarrisburg to Atlanta8485.7%-0.6 min2.4%
MDT–CLTHarrisburg to Charlotte5278.8%-4.0 min0.0%
MDT–DFWHarrisburg to Dallas/Fort Worth3083.3%6.3 min3.3%
MDT–BOSHarrisburg to Boston2391.3%-5.8 min0.0%
MDT–SFBHarrisburg to Sanford1968.4%8.2 min0.0%
MDT–PGDHarrisburg to Punta Gorda1492.9%-12.9 min0.0%
MDT–SRQHarrisburg to Sarasota/Bradenton1492.9%-10.7 min0.0%
MDT–PIEHarrisburg to St. Petersburg1275.0%-1.9 min0.0%
MDT–MCOHarrisburg to Orlando1080.0%1.0 min0.0%
MDT–JAXHarrisburg to Jacksonville955.6%124.6 min0.0%
MDT–MYRHarrisburg to Myrtle Beach966.7%13.7 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2026Minutes
Air carrier31.2%33.5%4,001
Late-arriving aircraft42.7%40.4%5,474
National Aviation System13.7%21.0%1,761
Extreme weather12.4%5.0%1,588
Security0.0%0.1%0
12,824 delay minutes on 112 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 April 2026?

77.8% of 537 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 85.1% of 483 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 77.8% and 1.7% in April 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 2026; 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.