Albert J Ellis in August 2023

85.7%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 105 domestic departures from Albert J Ellis (OAJ). 85.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.8% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so OAJ departures were 9.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at OAJ that month were on time 80.8% of the time (104 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 34%, air carrier 30% and late-arriving aircraft 26%.

On time 84.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.4%
Cancelled 2.9%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from OAJ in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	OAJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	85.7%	—	78.9%	76.7%
Arrived on time	84.8%	—	79.6%	76.9%
Cancelled	2.9%	—	3.0%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.8 min	—	20.7 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	—	2	20,100
Scheduled departures	105	—	759	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	58	55%	82.8%	9.9 min	1.7%
OH PSA Airlines	43	41%	86.0%	-4.0 min	4.7%
9E Endeavor Air	4	4%	100.0%	-23.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OAJ–ATL	Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune to Atlanta	62	83.9%	7.7 min	1.6%
OAJ–CLT	Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune to Charlotte	43	86.0%	-4.0 min	4.7%

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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	29.9%	36.7%	410
Late-arriving aircraft	25.7%	42.2%	352
National Aviation System	33.9%	15.7%	465
Extreme weather	10.5%	5.1%	144
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,371 delay minutes on 13 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 OAJ on time in August 2023?

85.7% of 105 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for OAJ · methodology · corrections.