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Airport month · October 2024
St Louis Lambert International in October 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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 5,762 domestic departures from St Louis Lambert International (STL). 86.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.1% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so STL departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 5,703 departures with 81.8% leaving on time: a change of +4.3 points, with flights up 1%.
Flights arriving at STL that month were on time 87.8% of the time (5,761 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 41% and national aviation system 12%.
- On time 88.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.0%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | STL, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 86.1% | 81.8% | 74.1% | 85.5% |
| Arrived on time | 88.1% | 83.5% | 76.8% | 85.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | 0.1% | 1.3% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 8.3 min | 10.9 min | 17.6 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 192 | 190 | 174 | 20,517 |
| Scheduled departures | 5,762 | 5,703 | 63,318 | 615,497 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 3,618 | 63% | 87.3% | -3.0 min | 1.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 591 | 10% | 86.3% | 4.6 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 495 | 9% | 95.6% | -12.5 min | 0.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 315 | 5% | 87.3% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 150 | 3% | 94.7% | -14.1 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 146 | 3% | 82.9% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 129 | 2% | 97.7% | -11.6 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 114 | 2% | 87.7% | 4.1 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 73 | 1% | 74.0% | 6.1 min | 2.7% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 60 | 1% | 96.7% | -11.4 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 38 | 1% | 84.2% | 0.3 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 33 | 1% | 75.8% | 0.8 min | 6.1% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL–DEN | St. Louis to Denver | 325 | 87.4% | -5.7 min | 0.0% |
| STL–LGA | St. Louis to New York | 313 | 93.0% | -8.7 min | 0.0% |
| STL–ATL | St. Louis to Atlanta | 294 | 94.2% | -8.0 min | 0.3% |
| STL–ORD | St. Louis to Chicago | 247 | 85.0% | 8.7 min | 0.0% |
| STL–DFW | St. Louis to Dallas/Fort Worth | 224 | 82.6% | 4.4 min | 0.0% |
| STL–PHX | St. Louis to Phoenix | 204 | 85.8% | 2.7 min | 0.0% |
| STL–DCA | St. Louis to Washington | 200 | 84.5% | 1.6 min | 0.5% |
| STL–MCO | St. Louis to Orlando | 190 | 81.6% | -4.4 min | 8.4% |
| STL–PHL | St. Louis to Philadelphia | 187 | 88.2% | -2.8 min | 0.0% |
| STL–DAL | St. Louis to Dallas | 185 | 92.4% | -5.5 min | 0.5% |
| STL–LAS | St. Louis to Las Vegas | 179 | 86.0% | -4.2 min | 0.0% |
| STL–MSP | St. Louis to Minneapolis | 177 | 89.3% | -8.8 min | 2.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left STL on time in October 2024?
86.1% of 5,762 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2023, 81.8% of 5,703 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 86.1% and 0.8% in October 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.