Manchester Boston Regional in September 2024

89.8%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 568 domestic departures from Manchester Boston Regional (MHT). 89.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.8% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so MHT departures were 5.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 527 departures with 87.5% leaving on time: a change of +2.3 points, with flights up 8%.

Flights arriving at MHT that month were on time 84.1% of the time (567 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 67%, national aviation system 17% and air carrier 16%.

On time 89.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.3%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from MHT in September 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	MHT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	89.8%	87.5%	80.2%	84.4%
Arrived on time	89.8%	84.1%	79.0%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.5%	1.3%	2.3%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.6 min	8.8 min	15.7 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	18	16	19,421
Scheduled departures	568	527	5,994	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	254	45%	94.9%	-9.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	249	44%	83.9%	-0.5 min	1.2%
MQ Envoy Air	65	11%	92.3%	-8.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MHT–BWI	Manchester to Baltimore	145	95.2%	-9.9 min	0.0%
MHT–DCA	Manchester to Washington	116	83.6%	-6.6 min	0.9%
MHT–CLT	Manchester to Charlotte	109	83.5%	5.5 min	1.8%
MHT–MDW	Manchester to Chicago	63	100.0%	-12.4 min	0.0%
MHT–ORD	Manchester to Chicago	59	93.2%	-8.0 min	0.0%
MHT–MCO	Manchester to Orlando	38	86.8%	-4.4 min	0.0%
MHT–PHL	Manchester to Philadelphia	30	86.7%	-0.3 min	0.0%
MHT–TPA	Manchester to Tampa	8	87.5%	1.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	16.1%	38.6%	676
Late-arriving aircraft	66.6%	38.4%	2,804
National Aviation System	17.1%	18.2%	720
Extreme weather	0.3%	4.8%	11
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,211 delay minutes on 53 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 2024?

89.8% of 568 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 87.5% of 527 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 89.8% and 0.5% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2024; 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.