Mobile Regional in December 2024

79.1%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 230 domestic departures from Mobile Regional (MOB). 79.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.8% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so MOB departures were 1.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 232 departures with 92.7% leaving on time: a change of −13.6 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at MOB that month were on time 76.5% of the time (230 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 74.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.0%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	MOB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	79.1%	92.7%	80.2%	77.8%
Arrived on time	74.8%	93.1%	80.0%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.7%	0.0%	3.0%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.9 min	5.7 min	15.3 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	8	6	19,686
Scheduled departures	230	232	2,071	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	118	51%	77.1%	9.0 min	0.8%
MQ Envoy Air	67	29%	77.6%	4.8 min	1.5%
OH PSA Airlines	25	11%	48.0%	130.1 min	8.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	20	9%	85.0%	-7.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MOB–ATL	Mobile to Atlanta	138	78.3%	6.6 min	0.7%
MOB–DFW	Mobile to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	69.6%	37.2 min	3.3%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	23.1%	34.3%	1,414
Late-arriving aircraft	57.6%	40.2%	3,528
National Aviation System	13.2%	17.8%	810
Extreme weather	6.0%	7.5%	369
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,121 delay minutes on 53 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 December 2024?

79.1% of 230 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 92.7% of 232 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 79.1% and 1.7% in December 2024.

Provenance

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