Manchester Boston Regional in October 2023

87.7%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 595 domestic departures from Manchester Boston Regional (MHT). 87.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.6% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so MHT departures were 3.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MHT that month were on time 84.6% of the time (596 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, national aviation system 24% and air carrier 23%.

On time 87.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.3%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	MHT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	87.7%	—	80.2%	83.8%
Arrived on time	87.6%	—	79.0%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	2.3%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.4 min	—	15.7 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	—	16	19,966
Scheduled departures	595	—	5,994	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	247	42%	88.7%	-4.7 min	0.4%
OH PSA Airlines	229	38%	86.5%	0.3 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	62	10%	90.3%	-10.1 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	29	5%	86.2%	-12.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	24	4%	83.3%	-7.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	4	1%	75.0%	8.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MHT–BWI	Manchester to Baltimore	146	91.1%	-5.9 min	0.7%
MHT–CLT	Manchester to Charlotte	92	92.4%	-8.7 min	0.0%
MHT–DCA	Manchester to Washington	89	77.5%	9.8 min	0.0%
MHT–MCO	Manchester to Orlando	64	84.4%	-6.0 min	0.0%
MHT–EWR	Manchester to Newark	62	90.3%	-10.1 min	0.0%
MHT–MDW	Manchester to Chicago	58	86.2%	-5.2 min	0.0%
MHT–PHL	Manchester to Philadelphia	52	90.4%	0.4 min	0.0%
MHT–ORD	Manchester to Chicago	24	83.3%	-7.2 min	0.0%
MHT–TPA	Manchester to Tampa	8	87.5%	5.8 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	22.6%	41.3%	875
Late-arriving aircraft	52.9%	40.5%	2,050
National Aviation System	23.5%	14.4%	912
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.7%	0
Security	1.0%	0.2%	40

3,877 delay minutes on 73 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 October 2023?

87.7% of 595 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.