Montgomery Regional in December 2024

69.1%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 243 domestic departures from Montgomery Regional (MGM). 69.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.3% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so MGM departures were 8.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 186 departures with 83.9% leaving on time: a change of −14.8 points, with flights up 31%.

Flights arriving at MGM that month were on time 74.9% of the time (243 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 59%, late-arriving aircraft 20% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 68.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.2%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	MGM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	69.1%	83.9%	68.1%	77.8%
Arrived on time	68.3%	83.9%	67.7%	78.1%
Cancelled	2.1%	0.0%	4.3%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	29.3 min	15.5 min	41.2 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	6	5	19,686
Scheduled departures	243	186	1,772	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	104	43%	77.9%	12.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	104	43%	64.4%	27.2 min	3.8%
OH PSA Airlines	35	14%	51.4%	33.5 min	2.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MGM–ATL	Montgomery to Atlanta	137	73.0%	15.2 min	0.7%
MGM–DFW	Montgomery to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	63.3%	30.7 min	3.3%
MGM–DCA	Montgomery to Washington	16	56.3%	28.7 min	6.3%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	59.4%	34.3%	4,081
Late-arriving aircraft	20.1%	40.2%	1,380
National Aviation System	12.6%	17.8%	868
Extreme weather	7.9%	7.5%	542
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,871 delay minutes on 71 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 December 2024?

69.1% of 243 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 83.9% of 186 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 69.1% and 2.1% in December 2024.

Provenance

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