Manchester Boston Regional in September 2023

87.5%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 527 domestic departures from Manchester Boston Regional (MHT). 87.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.1% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so MHT departures were 7.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MHT that month were on time 77.8% of the time (527 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, national aviation system 33% and extreme weather 16%.

On time 84.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.2%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from MHT in September 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	MHT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	87.5%	—	80.2%	80.5%
Arrived on time	84.1%	—	79.0%	80.1%
Cancelled	1.3%	—	2.3%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.8 min	—	15.7 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	—	16	18,978
Scheduled departures	527	—	5,994	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	236	45%	85.6%	-1.9 min	0.8%
OH PSA Airlines	143	27%	90.9%	-5.6 min	2.1%
YX Republic Airline	60	11%	78.3%	-1.3 min	3.3%
MQ Envoy Air	37	7%	73.0%	4.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	29	6%	65.5%	16.8 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	22	4%	81.8%	-1.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MHT–BWI	Manchester to Baltimore	136	89.0%	-2.6 min	0.7%
MHT–CLT	Manchester to Charlotte	88	87.5%	-4.3 min	0.0%
MHT–DCA	Manchester to Washington	85	85.9%	1.0 min	3.5%
MHT–EWR	Manchester to Newark	60	78.3%	-1.3 min	3.3%
MHT–MDW	Manchester to Chicago	59	89.8%	-7.2 min	1.7%
MHT–MCO	Manchester to Orlando	54	70.4%	5.5 min	0.0%
MHT–ORD	Manchester to Chicago	36	72.2%	4.6 min	0.0%
MHT–TPA	Manchester to Tampa	6	83.3%	13.7 min	0.0%
MHT–MYR	Manchester to Myrtle Beach	2	100.0%	-32.0 min	0.0%
MHT–FLL	Manchester to Fort Lauderdale	1	100.0%	-28.0 min	0.0%

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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	15.2%	36.4%	683
Late-arriving aircraft	36.0%	38.3%	1,612
National Aviation System	33.3%	19.9%	1,495
Extreme weather	15.5%	5.1%	694
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,484 delay minutes on 75 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 MHT on time in September 2023?

87.5% of 527 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MHT · methodology · corrections.