Albert J Ellis in September 2023

87.1%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 116 domestic departures from Albert J Ellis (OAJ). 87.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.1% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so OAJ departures were 6.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at OAJ that month were on time 85.5% of the time (117 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 37%, air carrier 28% and late-arriving aircraft 24%.

On time 87.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.2%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	OAJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	87.1%	—	78.9%	80.5%
Arrived on time	87.1%	—	79.6%	80.1%
Cancelled	1.7%	—	3.0%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.8 min	—	20.7 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	—	2	18,978
Scheduled departures	116	—	759	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	56	48%	80.4%	1.5 min	3.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	32	28%	96.9%	-3.4 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	23	20%	91.3%	-12.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	5	4%	80.0%	-7.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OAJ–ATL	Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune to Atlanta	60	93.3%	-7.3 min	0.0%
OAJ–CLT	Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune to Charlotte	56	80.4%	1.5 min	3.6%

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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	27.8%	36.4%	270
Late-arriving aircraft	24.3%	38.3%	236
National Aviation System	11.0%	19.9%	107
Extreme weather	36.8%	5.1%	357
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

970 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 September 2023?

87.1% of 116 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.