Albert J Ellis in May 2026

69.5%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 118 domestic departures from Albert J Ellis (OAJ). 69.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.6% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so OAJ departures were 7.6 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at OAJ that month were on time 62.7% of the time (118 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 62%, extreme weather 32% and national aviation system 6%.

On time 68.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.0%
Cancelled 2.5%
Diverted 0.8%

Every scheduled departure from OAJ in May 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2026	Year earlier	OAJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	69.5%	—	78.9%	77.1%
Arrived on time	68.6%	—	79.6%	77.6%
Cancelled	2.5%	—	3.0%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.0 min	—	20.7 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	—	2	20,391
Scheduled departures	118	—	759	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	118	100%	68.6%	20.2 min	2.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OAJ–ATL	Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune to Atlanta	118	68.6%	20.2 min	2.5%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	62.2%	33.0%	1,855
Late-arriving aircraft	0.0%	40.4%	0
National Aviation System	5.6%	20.5%	166
Extreme weather	32.2%	6.0%	959
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,980 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 May 2026?

69.5% of 118 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 2025 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 2026; 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.