Mobile Regional in September 2024

88.3%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 222 domestic departures from Mobile Regional (MOB). 88.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.2% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so MOB departures were 3.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 196 departures with 84.7% leaving on time: a change of +3.6 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at MOB that month were on time 86.9% of the time (222 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 22% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 84.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.8%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	MOB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	88.3%	84.7%	80.2%	84.4%
Arrived on time	84.2%	86.2%	80.0%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	3.0%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.1 min	10.8 min	15.3 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	7	6	19,421
Scheduled departures	222	196	2,071	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	90	41%	84.4%	-1.7 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	67	30%	82.1%	16.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	65	29%	86.2%	-3.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MOB–ATL	Mobile to Atlanta	132	84.1%	6.5 min	0.0%
MOB–DFW	Mobile to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	84.4%	-1.7 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	47.6%	38.6%	1,398
Late-arriving aircraft	22.2%	38.4%	651
National Aviation System	21.8%	18.2%	639
Extreme weather	8.4%	4.8%	248
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,936 delay minutes on 35 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 September 2024?

88.3% of 222 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 84.7% of 196 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 88.3% and 0.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

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