Tallahassee International in December 2025

77.1%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 354 domestic departures from Tallahassee International (TLH). 77.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.5% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so TLH departures were 5.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 439 departures with 80.4% leaving on time: a change of −3.3 points, with flights down 19%.

Flights arriving at TLH that month were on time 74.0% of the time (354 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 56%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 5%.

On time 78.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.2%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from TLH in December 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	TLH, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	77.1%	80.4%	82.0%	72.0%
Arrived on time	78.5%	75.6%	80.4%	71.9%
Cancelled	2.0%	0.5%	2.2%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.2 min	24.1 min	17.0 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	15	13	19,410
Scheduled departures	354	439	4,644	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	140	40%	82.9%	2.8 min	2.9%
MQ Envoy Air	107	30%	80.4%	8.8 min	0.9%
OH PSA Airlines	107	30%	71.0%	12.2 min	1.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TLH–ATL	Tallahassee to Atlanta	140	82.9%	2.8 min	2.9%
TLH–MIA	Tallahassee to Miami	92	78.3%	11.3 min	1.1%
TLH–DFW	Tallahassee to Dallas/Fort Worth	91	68.1%	15.8 min	1.1%
TLH–DCA	Tallahassee to Washington	31	90.3%	-7.7 min	3.2%

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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	38.2%	33.3%	2,195
Late-arriving aircraft	56.0%	41.1%	3,219
National Aviation System	5.0%	19.1%	286
Extreme weather	0.8%	6.4%	48
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,748 delay minutes on 68 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 TLH on time in December 2025?

77.1% of 354 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 80.4% of 439 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 77.1% and 2.0% in December 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for TLH · methodology · corrections.