Manchester Boston Regional in December 2023

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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 465 domestic departures from Manchester Boston Regional (MHT). 83.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.3% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so MHT departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MHT that month were on time 81.9% of the time (465 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, national aviation system 22% and air carrier 16%.

On time 84.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.8%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	MHT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	83.7%	—	80.2%	83.1%
Arrived on time	84.3%	—	79.0%	83.8%
Cancelled	1.9%	—	2.3%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.0 min	—	15.7 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	—	16	19,013
Scheduled departures	465	—	5,994	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	227	49%	83.3%	-2.5 min	2.6%
OH PSA Airlines	144	31%	84.7%	9.1 min	2.1%
YX Republic Airline	63	14%	93.7%	-15.4 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	31	7%	71.0%	4.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MHT–BWI	Manchester to Baltimore	147	89.1%	-6.9 min	2.0%
MHT–DCA	Manchester to Washington	82	84.1%	9.8 min	1.2%
MHT–MCO	Manchester to Orlando	69	73.9%	4.5 min	1.4%
MHT–CLT	Manchester to Charlotte	62	85.5%	8.2 min	3.2%
MHT–EWR	Manchester to Newark	59	93.2%	-15.9 min	0.0%
MHT–MDW	Manchester to Chicago	31	74.2%	1.0 min	6.5%
MHT–TPA	Manchester to Tampa	11	54.5%	23.5 min	0.0%
MHT–PHL	Manchester to Philadelphia	4	100.0%	-8.0 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	16.3%	37.1%	869
Late-arriving aircraft	50.8%	38.8%	2,701
National Aviation System	22.4%	17.6%	1,193
Extreme weather	10.4%	6.2%	554
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

5,317 delay minutes on 64 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 December 2023?

83.7% of 465 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.