Monroe Regional in May 2026

78.8%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 113 domestic departures from Monroe Regional (MLU). 78.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.3% reached their destination on time; 4.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so MLU departures were 1.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 93 departures with 71.0% leaving on time: a change of +7.8 points, with flights up 22%.

Flights arriving at MLU that month were on time 81.4% of the time (113 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 66%, late-arriving aircraft 20% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 74.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.2%
Cancelled 4.4%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MLU in May 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	MLU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	78.8%	71.0%	81.3%	77.1%
Arrived on time	74.3%	75.3%	80.3%	77.6%
Cancelled	4.4%	7.5%	3.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	29.1 min	16.7 min	17.8 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	3	3	20,391
Scheduled departures	113	93	1,135	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	90	80%	78.9%	17.2 min	2.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	23	20%	56.5%	25.1 min	13.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLU–DFW	Monroe to Dallas/Fort Worth	113	74.3%	18.7 min	4.4%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	66.0%	33.0%	1,969
Late-arriving aircraft	20.0%	40.4%	597
National Aviation System	9.8%	20.5%	291
Extreme weather	4.3%	6.0%	127
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,984 delay minutes on 24 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 May 2026?

78.8% of 113 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 71.0% of 93 departures left on time and 7.5% were cancelled, against 78.8% and 4.4% in May 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2026; 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.