On-Time Report

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Airport month · December 2024

Cyril E King in December 2024

80.7%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 483 domestic departures from Cyril E King (STT). 80.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.8% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so STT departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 535 departures with 81.9% leaving on time: a change of −1.2 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at STT that month were on time 79.1% of the time (483 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 15%.

Every scheduled departure from STT in December 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

MeasureDec 2024Dec 2023STT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time80.7%81.9%74.9%77.8%
Arrived on time81.8%75.3%75.9%78.1%
Cancelled0.2%0.4%2.1%0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)15.7 min13.2 min21.9 min16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day16181519,686
Scheduled departures4835355,548590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
AA American Airlines18939%84.1%-1.8 min0.0%
UA United Airlines8918%91.0%-11.9 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines7716%80.5%-1.6 min1.3%
DL Delta Air Lines7415%77.0%13.1 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways5411%66.7%6.2 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
STT–MIACharlotte Amalie to Miami8384.3%-7.9 min0.0%
STT–ATLCharlotte Amalie to Atlanta5978.0%16.7 min0.0%
STT–CLTCharlotte Amalie to Charlotte5487.0%11.5 min0.0%
STT–SJUCharlotte Amalie to San Juan5466.7%6.2 min0.0%
STT–JFKCharlotte Amalie to New York4684.8%-7.2 min0.0%
STT–MCOCharlotte Amalie to Orlando4676.1%3.1 min2.2%
STT–EWRCharlotte Amalie to Newark3193.5%-19.3 min0.0%
STT–FLLCharlotte Amalie to Fort Lauderdale3187.1%-8.4 min0.0%
STT–IADCharlotte Amalie to Washington3193.5%-10.0 min0.0%
STT–ORDCharlotte Amalie to Chicago2272.7%-4.7 min0.0%
STT–PHLCharlotte Amalie to Philadelphia13100.0%-15.2 min0.0%
STT–IAHCharlotte Amalie to Houston988.9%-0.3 min0.0%

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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Dec 2024Minutes
Air carrier45.9%34.3%3,147
Late-arriving aircraft37.6%40.2%2,578
National Aviation System15.3%17.8%1,049
Extreme weather1.3%7.5%86
Security0.0%0.2%0
6,860 delay minutes on 84 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left STT on time in December 2024?

80.7% of 483 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 81.9% of 535 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 80.7% and 0.2% in December 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for STT · methodology · corrections.