Worcester Regional in August 2024

65.5%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 119 domestic departures from Worcester Regional (ORH). 65.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 61.3% reached their destination on time; 8.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so ORH departures were 9.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 120 departures with 68.3% leaving on time: a change of −2.8 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at ORH that month were on time 70.6% of the time (119 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 59%, national aviation system 33% and extreme weather 6%.

On time 61.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.4%
Cancelled 8.4%
Diverted 0.8%

Every scheduled departure from ORH 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	ORH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	65.5%	68.3%	74.4%	75.4%
Arrived on time	61.3%	65.0%	67.5%	74.7%
Cancelled	8.4%	2.5%	1.9%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.0 min	32.4 min	26.9 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	4	2	20,634
Scheduled departures	119	120	794	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
B6 JetBlue Airways	62	52%	58.1%	20.6 min	4.8%
YX Republic Airline	31	26%	74.2%	-5.4 min	12.9%
9E Endeavor Air	26	22%	53.8%	29.3 min	11.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ORH–FLL	Worcester to Fort Lauderdale	31	41.9%	45.2 min	3.2%
ORH–JFK	Worcester to New York	31	74.2%	-5.4 min	12.9%
ORH–MCO	Worcester to Orlando	31	74.2%	-5.7 min	6.5%
ORH–LGA	Worcester to New York	26	53.8%	29.3 min	11.5%

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	2.0%	33.8%	63
Late-arriving aircraft	59.2%	39.8%	1,883
National Aviation System	33.2%	20.4%	1,057
Extreme weather	5.6%	5.9%	178
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,181 delay minutes on 35 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 ORH on time in August 2024?

65.5% of 119 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 61.3% 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, 68.3% of 120 departures left on time and 2.5% were cancelled, against 65.5% and 8.4% 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 ORH · methodology · corrections.