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Airport month · February 2024
St Louis Lambert International in February 2024
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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,603 domestic departures from St Louis Lambert International (STL). 84.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.8% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so STL departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at STL that month were on time 86.6% of the time (4,605 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 22%.
- On time 83.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.7%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.1%
February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Feb 2024 | Year earlier | STL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Feb 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.6% | — | 74.1% | 84.0% |
| Arrived on time | 83.8% | — | 76.8% | 83.4% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | — | 1.3% | 0.6% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 10.1 min | — | 17.6 min | 11.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 153 | — | 174 | 17,307 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,603 | — | 63,318 | 519,221 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 2,862 | 62% | 83.7% | 0.2 min | 0.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 553 | 12% | 79.9% | 7.6 min | 1.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 379 | 8% | 91.6% | -2.9 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 234 | 5% | 81.6% | 3.1 min | 1.3% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 133 | 3% | 85.7% | -1.2 min | 0.8% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 129 | 3% | 86.0% | -7.9 min | 3.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 107 | 2% | 91.6% | -13.9 min | 1.9% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 79 | 2% | 73.4% | 25.7 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 42 | 1% | 88.1% | 1.1 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 37 | 1% | 89.2% | -4.5 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 27 | 1% | 66.7% | 15.1 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 21 | 0% | 52.4% | 55.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL–LGA | St. Louis to New York | 304 | 83.2% | 3.9 min | 3.9% |
| STL–DEN | St. Louis to Denver | 289 | 81.0% | 4.2 min | 0.7% |
| STL–ATL | St. Louis to Atlanta | 248 | 88.7% | -0.4 min | 0.0% |
| STL–MCO | St. Louis to Orlando | 191 | 80.1% | 14.5 min | 0.0% |
| STL–DCA | St. Louis to Washington | 185 | 82.7% | 0.1 min | 0.0% |
| STL–PHX | St. Louis to Phoenix | 172 | 85.5% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| STL–DAL | St. Louis to Dallas | 166 | 88.0% | -6.0 min | 0.0% |
| STL–DFW | St. Louis to Dallas/Fort Worth | 166 | 74.1% | 5.2 min | 0.0% |
| STL–ORD | St. Louis to Chicago | 166 | 83.7% | 6.6 min | 0.6% |
| STL–MSP | St. Louis to Minneapolis | 157 | 89.8% | -6.2 min | 0.0% |
| STL–CLT | St. Louis to Charlotte | 143 | 89.5% | -1.2 min | 0.0% |
| STL–LAS | St. Louis to Las Vegas | 129 | 71.3% | 9.3 min | 0.8% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left STL on time in February 2024?
84.6% of 4,603 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
February 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 February 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for STL · methodology · corrections.