Albert J Ellis in May 2024

76.9%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 104 domestic departures from Albert J Ellis (OAJ). 76.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.0% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so OAJ departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at OAJ that month were on time 77.7% of the time (103 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, air carrier 31% and extreme weather 10%.

On time 76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.1%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from OAJ in May 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	OAJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	76.9%	—	78.9%	73.4%
Arrived on time	76.0%	—	79.6%	72.3%
Cancelled	1.0%	—	3.0%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.8 min	—	20.7 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	—	2	20,325
Scheduled departures	104	—	759	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	42	40%	57.1%	35.0 min	2.4%
9E Endeavor Air	31	30%	80.6%	0.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	30%	96.8%	-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	62	88.7%	-3.4 min	0.0%
OAJ–CLT	Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune to Charlotte	42	57.1%	35.0 min	2.4%

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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.1%	29.8%	628
Late-arriving aircraft	51.2%	43.0%	1,034
National Aviation System	8.0%	20.1%	162
Extreme weather	9.7%	7.0%	195
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,019 delay minutes on 24 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 May 2024?

76.9% of 104 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 2023 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 May 2024; 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.