Mobile Regional in May 2026

68.1%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 160 domestic departures from Mobile Regional (MOB). 68.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.9% reached their destination on time; 6.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so MOB departures were 9.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 97 departures with 68.0% leaving on time: a change of +0.1 points, with flights up 65%.

Flights arriving at MOB that month were on time 70.4% of the time (159 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 54%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 71.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.6%
Cancelled 6.9%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	MOB, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	68.1%	68.0%	80.2%	77.1%
Arrived on time	71.9%	58.8%	80.0%	77.6%
Cancelled	6.9%	10.3%	3.0%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.8 min	30.4 min	15.3 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	3	6	20,391
Scheduled departures	160	97	2,071	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	88	55%	72.7%	1.2 min	6.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	32	20%	81.3%	-13.4 min	12.5%
OH PSA Airlines	21	13%	57.1%	31.5 min	4.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	19	12%	68.4%	31.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MOB–DFW	Mobile to Dallas/Fort Worth	109	69.7%	7.2 min	6.4%
MOB–ATL	Mobile to Atlanta	51	76.5%	4.8 min	7.8%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	54.1%	33.0%	1,163
Late-arriving aircraft	31.5%	40.4%	677
National Aviation System	8.6%	20.5%	185
Extreme weather	5.9%	6.0%	126
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,151 delay minutes on 33 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 May 2026?

68.1% of 160 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 68.0% of 97 departures left on time and 10.3% were cancelled, against 68.1% and 6.9% in May 2026.

Provenance

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