Tri Cities in November 2024

87.6%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 501 domestic departures from Tri Cities (PSC). 87.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.4% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so PSC departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 424 departures with 85.4% leaving on time: a change of +2.2 points, with flights up 18%.

Flights arriving at PSC that month were on time 87.1% of the time (502 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 66%, national aviation system 16% and late-arriving aircraft 9%.

On time 88.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.0%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	PSC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	87.6%	85.4%	88.0%	85.2%
Arrived on time	88.4%	80.9%	86.7%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.2%	0.5%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.6 min	17.8 min	12.2 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	14	17	19,180
Scheduled departures	501	424	6,190	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	408	81%	88.5%	-3.3 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	40	8%	95.0%	-7.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	6%	76.7%	-0.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	23	5%	91.3%	-6.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PSC–SEA	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Seattle	155	86.5%	-4.7 min	0.0%
PSC–SLC	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Salt Lake City	88	98.9%	-7.6 min	0.0%
PSC–DEN	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Denver	59	78.0%	9.5 min	3.4%
PSC–SFO	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to San Francisco	59	83.1%	0.5 min	0.0%
PSC–PHX	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Phoenix	58	89.7%	-4.1 min	0.0%
PSC–MSP	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Minneapolis	30	93.3%	-9.4 min	0.0%
PSC–LAX	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Los Angeles	29	89.7%	-10.5 min	0.0%
PSC–AZA	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Phoenix	13	84.6%	-0.8 min	0.0%
PSC–LAS	Pasco/Kennewick/Richland to Las Vegas	10	100.0%	-14.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	66.4%	36.9%	2,204
Late-arriving aircraft	8.7%	35.6%	288
National Aviation System	16.3%	21.9%	540
Extreme weather	8.6%	5.4%	286
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,318 delay minutes on 55 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 November 2024?

87.6% of 501 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 85.4% of 424 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 87.6% and 0.4% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.