Mobile Regional in October 2024

94.6%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 224 domestic departures from Mobile Regional (MOB). 94.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 92.9% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so MOB departures were 9.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 265 departures with 89.8% leaving on time: a change of +4.8 points, with flights down 15%.

Flights arriving at MOB that month were on time 95.5% of the time (224 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, national aviation system 31% and late-arriving aircraft 27%.

On time 92.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 7.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	MOB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	94.6%	89.8%	80.2%	85.5%
Arrived on time	92.9%	89.4%	80.0%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.8%	3.0%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	2.7 min	4.9 min	15.3 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	9	6	20,517
Scheduled departures	224	265	2,071	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	92	41%	91.3%	-8.5 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	74	33%	94.6%	-10.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	58	26%	93.1%	-8.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MOB–ATL	Mobile to Atlanta	132	93.9%	-9.4 min	0.0%
MOB–DFW	Mobile to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	91.3%	-8.5 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	39.5%	42.7%	223
Late-arriving aircraft	26.5%	37.4%	150
National Aviation System	31.2%	16.3%	176
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.4%	0
Security	2.8%	0.2%	16

565 delay minutes on 16 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 2024?

94.6% of 224 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 92.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 89.8% of 265 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 94.6% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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