Tri Cities in October 2023

88.8%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 214 domestic departures from Tri Cities (TRI). 88.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.4% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so TRI departures were 5.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at TRI that month were on time 92.9% of the time (212 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 58%, national aviation system 21% and late-arriving aircraft 12%.

On time 87.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.6%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from TRI in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	TRI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	88.8%	—	76.1%	83.8%
Arrived on time	87.4%	—	77.0%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.1%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.0 min	—	22.1 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	4	19,966
Scheduled departures	214	—	1,483	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	95	44%	95.8%	-11.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	62	29%	82.3%	4.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	22	10%	90.9%	-7.3 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	18	8%	77.8%	5.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	17	8%	64.7%	24.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TRI–ATL	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Atlanta	117	94.9%	-11.0 min	0.0%
TRI–DFW	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	82.3%	4.0 min	0.0%
TRI–CLT	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Charlotte	18	77.8%	5.8 min	0.0%
TRI–SFB	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Sanford	9	55.6%	51.7 min	0.0%
TRI–PIE	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to St. Petersburg	8	75.0%	-7.1 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	58.0%	41.3%	1,023
Late-arriving aircraft	12.1%	40.5%	214
National Aviation System	21.3%	14.4%	376
Extreme weather	8.5%	3.7%	150
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,763 delay minutes on 27 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 TRI on time in October 2023?

88.8% of 214 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

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