Mobile Regional in August 2024

92.1%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 229 domestic departures from Mobile Regional (MOB). 92.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.4% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so MOB departures were 16.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 213 departures with 88.7% leaving on time: a change of +3.4 points, with flights up 8%.

Flights arriving at MOB that month were on time 91.3% of the time (229 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 57%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 90.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.6%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MOB in August 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	MOB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	92.1%	88.7%	80.2%	75.4%
Arrived on time	90.4%	87.3%	80.0%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.0%	2.3%	3.0%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.2 min	8.1 min	15.3 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	7	6	20,634
Scheduled departures	229	213	2,071	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	92	40%	84.8%	3.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	89	39%	93.3%	-9.9 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	48	21%	95.8%	-8.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MOB–ATL	Mobile to Atlanta	137	94.2%	-9.4 min	0.0%
MOB–DFW	Mobile to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	84.8%	3.8 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	28.7%	33.8%	353
Late-arriving aircraft	57.2%	39.8%	703
National Aviation System	14.1%	20.4%	173
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.9%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,229 delay minutes on 22 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 August 2024?

92.1% of 229 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 88.7% of 213 departures left on time and 2.3% were cancelled, against 92.1% and 0.0% in August 2024.

Provenance

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