Mobile Regional in October 2023

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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 265 domestic departures from Mobile Regional (MOB). 89.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.4% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so MOB departures were 6.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MOB that month were on time 88.7% of the time (265 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 89.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.8%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MOB in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	MOB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	89.8%	—	80.2%	83.8%
Arrived on time	89.4%	—	80.0%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	3.0%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	4.9 min	—	15.3 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	—	6	19,966
Scheduled departures	265	—	2,071	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	86	32%	98.8%	-22.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	86	32%	87.2%	-4.8 min	2.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	23%	75.8%	7.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	12%	96.8%	-12.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MOB–ATL	Mobile to Atlanta	117	98.3%	-19.5 min	0.0%
MOB–DFW	Mobile to Dallas/Fort Worth	86	87.2%	-4.8 min	2.3%
MOB–IAH	Mobile to Houston	62	75.8%	7.7 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	45.9%	41.3%	513
Late-arriving aircraft	35.9%	40.5%	401
National Aviation System	16.9%	14.4%	189
Extreme weather	1.3%	3.7%	14
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,117 delay minutes on 26 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 MOB on time in October 2023?

89.8% of 265 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MOB · methodology · corrections.