Tri Cities in October 2024

89.1%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 256 domestic departures from Tri Cities (TRI). 89.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.5% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so TRI departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 214 departures with 88.8% leaving on time: a change of +0.3 points, with flights up 20%.

Flights arriving at TRI that month were on time 91.4% of the time (257 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 89.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.2%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	TRI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	89.1%	88.8%	76.1%	85.5%
Arrived on time	89.5%	87.4%	77.0%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.0%	2.1%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.2 min	8.0 min	22.1 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	7	4	20,517
Scheduled departures	256	214	1,483	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	83	32%	94.0%	-12.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	62	24%	98.4%	-16.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	48	19%	89.6%	-4.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	48	19%	72.9%	11.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	15	6%	80.0%	29.5 min	6.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TRI–ATL	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Atlanta	131	92.4%	-9.4 min	0.0%
TRI–DFW	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	98.4%	-16.2 min	0.0%
TRI–CLT	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Charlotte	48	72.9%	11.5 min	0.0%
TRI–SFB	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Sanford	15	80.0%	29.5 min	6.7%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	44.9%	42.7%	837
Late-arriving aircraft	34.3%	37.4%	640
National Aviation System	14.2%	16.3%	264
Extreme weather	6.6%	3.4%	124
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,865 delay minutes on 26 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 2024?

89.1% of 256 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 88.8% of 214 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 89.1% and 0.4% in October 2024.

Provenance

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