Montgomery Regional in May 2026

59.6%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 178 domestic departures from Montgomery Regional (MGM). 59.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 61.2% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so MGM departures were 17.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 230 departures with 65.2% leaving on time: a change of −5.6 points, with flights down 23%.

Flights arriving at MGM that month were on time 69.1% of the time (178 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 31%, air carrier 30% and late-arriving aircraft 30%.

On time 61.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 37.1%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MGM in May 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	MGM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	59.6%	65.2%	68.1%	77.1%
Arrived on time	61.2%	60.9%	67.7%	77.6%
Cancelled	1.7%	3.5%	4.3%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	46.6 min	41.5 min	41.2 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	8	5	20,391
Scheduled departures	178	230	1,772	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	105	59%	64.8%	39.7 min	2.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	35%	54.8%	41.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	11	6%	63.6%	8.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MGM–DFW	Montgomery to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	65.2%	41.9 min	3.3%
MGM–IAH	Montgomery to Houston	62	54.8%	41.5 min	0.0%
MGM–DCA	Montgomery to Washington	24	62.5%	17.3 min	0.0%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	30.1%	33.0%	2,401
Late-arriving aircraft	29.9%	40.4%	2,381
National Aviation System	9.1%	20.5%	722
Extreme weather	31.0%	6.0%	2,470
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

7,974 delay minutes on 66 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 May 2026?

59.6% of 178 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 61.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 65.2% of 230 departures left on time and 3.5% were cancelled, against 59.6% and 1.7% in May 2026.

Provenance

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