Mobile Regional in January 2026

80.6%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 180 domestic departures from Mobile Regional (MOB). 80.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.3% reached their destination on time; 6.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so MOB departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 101 departures with 68.3% leaving on time: a change of +12.3 points, with flights up 78%.

Flights arriving at MOB that month were on time 79.6% of the time (181 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and extreme weather 6%.

On time 83.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.0%
Cancelled 6.7%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MOB in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	MOB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	80.6%	68.3%	80.2%	75.6%
Arrived on time	83.3%	70.3%	80.0%	75.3%
Cancelled	6.7%	13.9%	3.0%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.5 min	14.6 min	15.3 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	3	6	18,133
Scheduled departures	180	101	2,071	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	92	51%	84.8%	-3.3 min	7.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	64	36%	85.9%	-8.7 min	4.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	23	13%	73.9%	1.3 min	8.7%
OH PSA Airlines	1	1%	0.0%	16.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MOB–DFW	Mobile to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	83.9%	-3.1 min	7.5%
MOB–ATL	Mobile to Atlanta	87	82.8%	-6.2 min	5.7%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	57.4%	37.3%	810
Late-arriving aircraft	33.5%	35.0%	473
National Aviation System	3.5%	18.0%	50
Extreme weather	5.5%	9.6%	78
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,411 delay minutes on 18 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 January 2026?

80.6% of 180 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 68.3% of 101 departures left on time and 13.9% were cancelled, against 80.6% and 6.7% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.