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Airport month · September 2024

Ontario International in September 2024

85.5%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,316 domestic departures from Ontario International (ONT). 85.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.4% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so ONT departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 2,078 departures with 84.5% leaving on time: a change of +1.0 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at ONT that month were on time 82.1% of the time (2,315 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 15%.

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

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

MeasureSep 2024Sep 2023ONT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time85.5%84.5%80.3%84.4%
Arrived on time86.4%85.3%81.2%83.9%
Cancelled0.3%0.6%0.9%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)10.4 min11.2 min13.7 min10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day77697119,421
Scheduled departures2,3162,07825,854582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines95541%88.0%-2.0 min0.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines32914%78.4%7.9 min1.2%
AA American Airlines29113%85.9%3.0 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines26211%85.5%0.5 min0.0%
UA United Airlines1426%91.5%-4.7 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines1406%93.6%-8.8 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines1376%85.4%0.8 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways301%90.0%-12.5 min0.0%
HA Hawaiian Airlines301%80.0%1.5 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ONT–PHXOntario to Phoenix26288.2%0.3 min0.0%
ONT–DENOntario to Denver24990.4%-3.2 min0.0%
ONT–LASOntario to Las Vegas24074.6%12.9 min1.3%
ONT–SEAOntario to Seattle22482.1%3.2 min0.0%
ONT–DFWOntario to Dallas/Fort Worth20985.6%0.0 min0.0%
ONT–SMFOntario to Sacramento18491.3%-4.6 min0.5%
ONT–SFOOntario to San Francisco14980.5%5.1 min0.0%
ONT–OAKOntario to Oakland13293.2%-5.9 min0.8%
ONT–SJCOntario to San Jose13286.4%-2.5 min0.8%
ONT–SLCOntario to Salt Lake City9992.9%-7.1 min0.0%
ONT–ATLOntario to Atlanta8095.0%-9.7 min0.0%
ONT–PDXOntario to Portland5893.1%-6.7 min0.0%

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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2024Minutes
Air carrier30.6%38.6%6,410
Late-arriving aircraft45.6%38.4%9,546
National Aviation System15.2%18.2%3,193
Extreme weather8.5%4.8%1,779
Security0.1%0.1%16
20,944 delay minutes on 306 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left ONT on time in September 2024?

85.5% of 2,316 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.4% 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, 84.5% of 2,078 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 85.5% and 0.3% 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 ONT · methodology · corrections.