Montgomery Regional in September 2024

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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 227 domestic departures from Montgomery Regional (MGM). 83.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so MGM departures were 0.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 197 departures with 79.7% leaving on time: a change of +4.0 points, with flights up 15%.

Flights arriving at MGM that month were on time 81.1% of the time (227 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 68%, air carrier 14% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 81.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.2%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from MGM in September 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	MGM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	83.7%	79.7%	68.1%	84.4%
Arrived on time	81.1%	79.2%	67.7%	83.9%
Cancelled	1.3%	2.0%	4.3%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.3 min	19.3 min	41.2 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	7	5	19,421
Scheduled departures	227	197	1,772	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	109	48%	78.9%	5.9 min	0.9%
MQ Envoy Air	63	28%	85.7%	2.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	29	13%	79.3%	0.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	26	11%	80.8%	-15.0 min	7.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MGM–ATL	Montgomery to Atlanta	111	78.4%	6.2 min	0.9%
MGM–DFW	Montgomery to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	84.4%	1.5 min	0.0%
MGM–DCA	Montgomery to Washington	26	80.8%	-15.0 min	7.7%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	13.7%	38.6%	326
Late-arriving aircraft	67.9%	38.4%	1,618
National Aviation System	13.1%	18.2%	313
Extreme weather	5.2%	4.8%	125
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,382 delay minutes on 39 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left MGM on time in September 2024?

83.7% of 227 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 79.7% of 197 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 83.7% and 1.3% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MGM · methodology · corrections.