Tri Cities in May 2024

78.6%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 168 domestic departures from Tri Cities (TRI). 78.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.0% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so TRI departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at TRI that month were on time 79.2% of the time (168 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and extreme weather 20%.

On time 78.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.2%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	TRI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	78.6%	—	76.1%	73.4%
Arrived on time	78.0%	—	77.0%	72.3%
Cancelled	1.2%	—	2.1%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.5 min	—	22.1 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	—	4	20,325
Scheduled departures	168	—	1,483	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	63	38%	87.3%	-3.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	31	18%	71.0%	8.1 min	6.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	31	18%	64.5%	24.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	25	15%	92.0%	-5.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	11%	61.1%	13.9 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	82.4%	3.6 min	0.0%
TRI–DFW	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	71.0%	8.1 min	6.5%
TRI–PIE	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to St. Petersburg	9	77.8%	0.3 min	0.0%
TRI–SFB	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Sanford	9	44.4%	27.6 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	36.5%	29.8%	950
Late-arriving aircraft	29.8%	43.0%	774
National Aviation System	13.3%	20.1%	347
Extreme weather	20.3%	7.0%	529
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,600 delay minutes on 34 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 May 2024?

78.6% of 168 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.