Tri Cities in January 2024

72.8%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 371 domestic departures from Tri Cities (PSC). 72.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.4% reached their destination on time; 2.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so PSC departures were 1.2 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at PSC that month were on time 68.1% of the time (370 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 42%, air carrier 26% and late-arriving aircraft 18%.

On time 71.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.9%
Cancelled 2.7%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from PSC in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	PSC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	72.8%	—	88.0%	74.0%
Arrived on time	71.4%	—	86.7%	72.9%
Cancelled	2.7%	—	0.5%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.9 min	—	12.2 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	—	17	18,242
Scheduled departures	371	—	6,190	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	301	81%	74.4%	20.5 min	1.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	38	10%	50.0%	42.0 min	13.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	25	7%	60.0%	29.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	7	2%	100.0%	-20.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PSC–SEA	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Seattle	125	66.4%	22.0 min	6.4%
PSC–SLC	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Salt Lake City	87	77.0%	30.0 min	1.1%
PSC–DEN	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Denver	63	84.1%	2.7 min	0.0%
PSC–SFO	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to San Francisco	40	60.0%	44.6 min	0.0%
PSC–MSP	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Minneapolis	31	74.2%	6.7 min	3.2%
PSC–AZA	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Phoenix	14	57.1%	33.1 min	0.0%
PSC–LAS	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Las Vegas	11	63.6%	23.8 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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	26.3%	32.6%	2,801
Late-arriving aircraft	18.3%	39.0%	1,953
National Aviation System	13.0%	17.9%	1,391
Extreme weather	42.4%	10.3%	4,520
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,665 delay minutes on 96 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 PSC on time in January 2024?

72.8% of 371 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for PSC · methodology · corrections.