Tri Cities in December 2023

87.1%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 186 domestic departures from Tri Cities (TRI). 87.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.6% 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 TRI departures were 4.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at TRI that month were on time 88.7% of the time (186 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 86.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from TRI 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	TRI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	87.1%	—	76.1%	83.1%
Arrived on time	86.6%	—	77.0%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.1%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.7 min	—	22.1 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	—	4	19,013
Scheduled departures	186	—	1,483	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	91	49%	92.3%	-11.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	56	30%	82.1%	-10.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	23	12%	87.0%	17.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	12	6%	58.3%	13.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	4	2%	100.0%	-13.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TRI–ATL	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Atlanta	114	91.2%	-5.4 min	0.0%
TRI–DFW	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Dallas/Fort Worth	45	88.9%	-15.3 min	0.0%
TRI–CLT	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Charlotte	15	66.7%	4.1 min	0.0%
TRI–SFB	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Sanford	9	66.7%	7.3 min	0.0%
TRI–PIE	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to St. Petersburg	3	33.3%	33.7 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	37.7%	37.1%	693
Late-arriving aircraft	51.8%	38.8%	952
National Aviation System	10.0%	17.6%	183
Extreme weather	0.5%	6.2%	10
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

1,838 delay minutes on 25 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 December 2023?

87.1% of 186 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.6% 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 TRI · methodology · corrections.