Albert J Ellis in December 2024

81.4%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 145 domestic departures from Albert J Ellis (OAJ). 81.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.3% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so OAJ departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 79 departures with 83.5% leaving on time: a change of −2.1 points, with flights up 84%.

Flights arriving at OAJ that month were on time 78.6% of the time (145 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 68%, air carrier 19% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 79.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.7%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	OAJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	81.4%	83.5%	78.9%	77.8%
Arrived on time	79.3%	82.3%	79.6%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	3.0%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.3 min	12.2 min	20.7 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	3	2	19,686
Scheduled departures	145	79	759	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	106	73%	84.0%	3.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	39	27%	66.7%	22.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OAJ–ATL	Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune to Atlanta	106	84.0%	3.9 min	0.0%
OAJ–CLT	Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune to Charlotte	39	66.7%	22.1 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	19.4%	34.3%	549
Late-arriving aircraft	68.0%	40.2%	1,929
National Aviation System	11.5%	17.8%	326
Extreme weather	1.2%	7.5%	33
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,837 delay minutes on 30 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 December 2024?

81.4% of 145 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 83.5% of 79 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 81.4% and 0.0% in December 2024.

Provenance

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