Tri Cities in November 2025

84.5%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 129 domestic departures from Tri Cities (TRI). 84.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.7% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so TRI departures were 6.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 205 departures with 88.3% leaving on time: a change of −3.8 points, with flights down 37%.

Flights arriving at TRI that month were on time 82.9% of the time (129 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 83.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.7%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from TRI in November 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	TRI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	84.5%	88.3%	76.1%	78.1%
Arrived on time	83.7%	88.8%	77.0%	77.3%
Cancelled	1.6%	0.5%	2.1%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.3 min	21.5 min	22.1 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	7	4	19,018
Scheduled departures	129	205	1,483	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	61	47%	91.8%	-6.8 min	1.6%
MQ Envoy Air	59	46%	84.7%	-9.2 min	1.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	7%	22.2%	47.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TRI–ATL	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Atlanta	61	91.8%	-6.8 min	1.6%
TRI–DFW	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Dallas/Fort Worth	59	84.7%	-9.2 min	1.7%
TRI–SFB	Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport to Sanford	9	22.2%	47.0 min	0.0%

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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	46.9%	30.2%	679
Late-arriving aircraft	34.1%	38.3%	494
National Aviation System	14.0%	26.7%	203
Extreme weather	4.9%	4.6%	71
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,447 delay minutes on 19 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 November 2025?

84.5% of 129 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 88.3% of 205 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 84.5% and 1.6% in November 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2025; 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.