Monroe Regional in December 2024

82.8%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 169 domestic departures from Monroe Regional (MLU). 82.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.9% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so MLU departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 153 departures with 90.8% leaving on time: a change of −8.0 points, with flights up 10%.

Flights arriving at MLU that month were on time 81.1% of the time (169 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 79.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.8%
Cancelled 2.4%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MLU 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	MLU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	82.8%	90.8%	81.3%	77.8%
Arrived on time	79.9%	84.3%	80.3%	78.1%
Cancelled	2.4%	0.0%	3.1%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.0 min	10.7 min	17.8 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	5	3	19,686
Scheduled departures	169	153	1,135	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	78	46%	80.8%	1.4 min	1.3%
MQ Envoy Air	75	44%	80.0%	1.3 min	4.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	16	9%	75.0%	11.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLU–DFW	Monroe to Dallas/Fort Worth	91	79.1%	3.1 min	3.3%
MLU–ATL	Monroe to Atlanta	78	80.8%	1.4 min	1.3%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	46.4%	34.3%	942
Late-arriving aircraft	27.4%	40.2%	556
National Aviation System	17.1%	17.8%	346
Extreme weather	8.8%	7.5%	179
Security	0.3%	0.2%	6

2,029 delay minutes on 30 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 MLU on time in December 2024?

82.8% of 169 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.9% 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, 90.8% of 153 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 82.8% and 2.4% 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 MLU · methodology · corrections.