Tri Cities in March 2024

85.7%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 168 domestic departures from Tri Cities (TRI). 85.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.1% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so TRI departures were 7.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at TRI that month were on time 84.5% of the time (168 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 72%, extreme weather 12% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 88.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.7%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from TRI in March 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	TRI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	85.7%	—	76.1%	78.5%
Arrived on time	88.1%	—	77.0%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.2%	—	2.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.5 min	—	22.1 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	—	4	19,726
Scheduled departures	168	—	1,483	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	106	63%	94.3%	-11.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	31	18%	80.6%	-13.6 min	6.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	11%	55.6%	16.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	13	8%	100.0%	-18.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TRI–ATL	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Atlanta	119	95.0%	-11.9 min	0.0%
TRI–DFW	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	80.6%	-13.6 min	6.5%
TRI–PIE	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to St. Petersburg	9	77.8%	-1.8 min	0.0%
TRI–SFB	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Sanford	9	33.3%	34.4 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	8.2%	32.1%	83
Late-arriving aircraft	71.7%	42.1%	722
National Aviation System	8.4%	21.4%	85
Extreme weather	11.6%	4.2%	117
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,007 delay minutes on 18 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 March 2024?

85.7% of 168 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 2023 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 March 2024; 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.