Albert J Ellis in September 2024

84.3%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 230 domestic departures from Albert J Ellis (OAJ). 84.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.7% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so OAJ departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 116 departures with 87.1% leaving on time: a change of −2.8 points, with flights up 98%.

Flights arriving at OAJ that month were on time 81.3% of the time (230 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 62%, air carrier 20% and extreme weather 10%.

On time 78.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.0%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	OAJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	84.3%	87.1%	78.9%	84.4%
Arrived on time	78.7%	87.1%	79.6%	83.9%
Cancelled	1.3%	1.7%	3.0%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.0 min	8.8 min	20.7 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	4	2	19,421
Scheduled departures	230	116	759	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	151	66%	77.5%	3.1 min	2.0%
9E Endeavor Air	63	27%	77.8%	22.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	16	7%	93.8%	-8.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OAJ–CLT	Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune to Charlotte	151	77.5%	3.1 min	2.0%
OAJ–ATL	Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune to Atlanta	79	81.0%	16.3 min	0.0%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	19.9%	38.6%	768
Late-arriving aircraft	61.7%	38.4%	2,380
National Aviation System	8.0%	18.2%	310
Extreme weather	10.4%	4.8%	400
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,858 delay minutes on 46 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 2024?

84.3% of 230 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 87.1% of 116 departures left on time and 1.7% were cancelled, against 84.3% and 1.3% in September 2024.

Provenance

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