Henry E. Rohlsen in December 2023

72.9%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 129 domestic departures from Henry E. Rohlsen (STX). 72.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so STX departures were 10.2 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at STX that month were on time 74.4% of the time (129 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 60%, national aviation system 33% and air carrier 7%.

On time 69.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.2%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.8%

Every scheduled departure from STX in December 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	STX, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	72.9%	—	72.9%	83.1%
Arrived on time	69.0%	—	75.0%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.4%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.8 min	—	25.9 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	—	4	19,013
Scheduled departures	129	—	1,387	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	82	64%	72.0%	11.7 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	31	24%	54.8%	26.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	16	12%	81.3%	2.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
STX–MIA	Christiansted to Miami	54	68.5%	12.9 min	0.0%
STX–FLL	Christiansted to Fort Lauderdale	31	54.8%	26.1 min	0.0%
STX–CLT	Christiansted to Charlotte	28	78.6%	9.3 min	0.0%
STX–ATL	Christiansted to Atlanta	16	81.3%	2.4 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	7.3%	37.1%	171
Late-arriving aircraft	59.8%	38.8%	1,399
National Aviation System	32.9%	17.6%	769
Extreme weather	0.0%	6.2%	0
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

2,339 delay minutes on 39 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 STX on time in December 2023?

72.9% of 129 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 2022 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 December 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for STX · methodology · corrections.