Manchester Boston Regional in December 2024

81.7%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 426 domestic departures from Manchester Boston Regional (MHT). 81.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.7% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so MHT departures were 3.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 465 departures with 83.7% leaving on time: a change of −2.0 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at MHT that month were on time 76.9% of the time (425 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 81.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	MHT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	81.7%	83.7%	80.2%	77.8%
Arrived on time	81.7%	84.3%	79.0%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	1.9%	2.3%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.0 min	13.0 min	15.7 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	16	16	19,686
Scheduled departures	426	465	5,994	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	226	53%	85.4%	-2.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	182	43%	78.0%	6.1 min	1.1%
YX Republic Airline	18	4%	72.2%	11.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MHT–BWI	Manchester to Baltimore	149	89.9%	-6.4 min	0.0%
MHT–DCA	Manchester to Washington	103	71.8%	18.6 min	1.9%
MHT–CLT	Manchester to Charlotte	78	85.9%	-9.3 min	0.0%
MHT–MCO	Manchester to Orlando	35	88.6%	0.6 min	0.0%
MHT–MDW	Manchester to Chicago	31	77.4%	3.7 min	0.0%
MHT–EWR	Manchester to Newark	14	71.4%	11.9 min	0.0%
MHT–TPA	Manchester to Tampa	11	36.4%	19.0 min	0.0%
MHT–PHL	Manchester to Philadelphia	5	80.0%	0.4 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	32.3%	34.3%	1,765
Late-arriving aircraft	46.1%	40.2%	2,519
National Aviation System	20.8%	17.8%	1,139
Extreme weather	0.8%	7.5%	44
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,467 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 December 2024?

81.7% of 426 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 83.7% of 465 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 81.7% and 0.5% in December 2024.

Provenance

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