Pellston Regional Emmet County in August 2024

84.5%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 116 domestic departures from Pellston Regional Emmet County (PLN). 84.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so PLN departures were 9.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 93 departures with 82.8% leaving on time: a change of +1.7 points, with flights up 25%.

Flights arriving at PLN that month were on time 74.1% of the time (116 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 87%, extreme weather 12% and national aviation system 1%.

On time 82.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.2%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from PLN 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	PLN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	84.5%	82.8%	71.5%	75.4%
Arrived on time	82.8%	81.7%	70.1%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.0%	1.1%	11.6%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.9 min	32.3 min	23.5 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	3	2	20,634
Scheduled departures	116	93	874	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	116	100%	82.8%	1.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PLN–DTW	Pellston to Detroit	116	82.8%	1.8 min	0.0%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	86.9%	33.8%	1,269
Late-arriving aircraft	0.0%	39.8%	0
National Aviation System	1.4%	20.4%	21
Extreme weather	11.7%	5.9%	171
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,461 delay minutes on 20 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 PLN on time in August 2024?

84.5% of 116 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.8% 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, 82.8% of 93 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 84.5% and 0.0% 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 PLN · methodology · corrections.