Tri Cities in August 2024

90.1%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 191 domestic departures from Tri Cities (TRI). 90.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.5% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so TRI departures were 14.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 203 departures with 86.7% leaving on time: a change of +3.4 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at TRI that month were on time 89.5% of the time (191 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 41% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 88.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.5%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	TRI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	90.1%	86.7%	76.1%	75.4%
Arrived on time	88.5%	86.7%	77.0%	74.7%
Cancelled	1.0%	1.0%	2.1%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.3 min	16.6 min	22.1 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	7	4	20,634
Scheduled departures	191	203	1,483	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	116	61%	90.5%	-3.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	62	32%	93.5%	-10.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	13	7%	46.2%	13.5 min	15.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TRI–ATL	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Atlanta	116	90.5%	-3.7 min	0.0%
TRI–DFW	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	93.5%	-10.4 min	0.0%
TRI–SFB	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Sanford	9	44.4%	19.8 min	11.1%
TRI–PIE	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to St. Petersburg	4	50.0%	-3.0 min	25.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	40.6%	33.8%	742
Late-arriving aircraft	43.6%	39.8%	797
National Aviation System	10.9%	20.4%	200
Extreme weather	4.8%	5.9%	88
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,827 delay minutes on 20 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 August 2024?

90.1% of 191 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 86.7% of 203 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 90.1% and 1.0% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.