Albert J Ellis in August 2024

80.8%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 208 domestic departures from Albert J Ellis (OAJ). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.3% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so OAJ departures were 5.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 105 departures with 85.7% leaving on time: a change of −4.9 points, with flights up 98%.

Flights arriving at OAJ that month were on time 77.9% of the time (208 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 7%.

On time 81.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.9%
Cancelled 2.9%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	OAJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	80.8%	85.7%	78.9%	75.4%
Arrived on time	81.3%	84.8%	79.6%	74.7%
Cancelled	2.9%	2.9%	3.0%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.4 min	14.8 min	20.7 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	4	2	20,634
Scheduled departures	208	105	759	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	146	70%	77.4%	16.8 min	4.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	61	29%	91.8%	9.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	1	0%	0.0%	71.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OAJ–CLT	Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune to Charlotte	146	77.4%	16.8 min	4.1%
OAJ–ATL	Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune to Atlanta	62	90.3%	10.1 min	0.0%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	56.6%	33.8%	2,463
Late-arriving aircraft	36.1%	39.8%	1,574
National Aviation System	7.0%	20.4%	305
Extreme weather	0.3%	5.9%	13
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,355 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 OAJ on time in August 2024?

80.8% of 208 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 85.7% of 105 departures left on time and 2.9% were cancelled, against 80.8% and 2.9% in August 2024.

Provenance

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