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AUSTIN (KXAN) — Flight delays at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport last year lasted for more than an hour, on average.
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) publishes delay and cancellation data for airports across the country. BTS uses arriving domestic flights when reporting delayed and canceled flights.
A flight is considered delayed if it arrives at the gate at least 15 minutes after the scheduled arrival time.
Of the more than 86,000 flights to AUS in 2024, 76% arrived on time, while 22.8% were delayed. A further 1% of flights were canceled, while 0.2% of flights scheduled to land in Austin were diverted to a different airport.
The figures are mostly flat compared to 2023. In that year, 76.7% of flights were on time, 21.9% were delayed and 1.2% were canceled.
Since 2010, the year with the most on-time flights was 2020 — when 83.5% of flights were considered on time. It’s important to note, though, that there were fewer flights that year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In the same year, 6.8% of scheduled flights were canceled, more than any other year.
When were delays and cancellations most common?
In total, 85.8% of flights in October were on-time, more than any other month in 2024. That compares to just 64.2% in both May and July. May had the highest share of delayed flights — 33.7% in total.
January saw the most cancellations of any month — 220 in total, or 3.2%. About 2% of flights were canceled in July, while 1.6% were canceled in May. In February, just 0.3% of flights were canceled — the fewest of any month.
Which airlines had the most delays and cancellations?
When looking at individual airlines, JetBlue Airways saw the most delays at AUS last year. In total, 31% of all arriving JetBlue flights were delayed by at least 15 minutes. About 67.6% of the airline’s flights to Austin arrived on time, an improvement over 64.3% in 2023 and 58.6% in 2022.
Republic Airways, which operates flights as American Eagle, Delta Connection and United Express, had the best on-time performance at AUS, with 84.3% of flights arriving on time in 2024. Hawaiian Airlines came second, with 81.3% of flights being on time.
PSA Airlines had the lowest on-time performance, with 64% of flights considered on time. PSA also had the highest diversion rate, with 8% of its flights to Austin in 2024 diverted to another airport. The airline, which is owned by American Airlines and operates as American Eagle, only had 25 flights scheduled to land in Austin last year.
Mesa Airlines, which operates as United Express flights, was the top offender in Austin for most canceled flights, with 2.6% of all arrivals canceled last year. Alaska Airlines, Allegiant Air and Spirit Airlines all also canceled more than 2% of flights to Austin in 2024.
Which airlines had the longest delays?
SkyWest Airlines, which contracts with Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, saw the longest delays at AUS last year. The average delay for arriving flights was 84.8 minutes. Allegiant and American also saw average delays of about an hour and 20 minutes.
Republic Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines and PSA Airlines all saw the shortest delays, each between 30 and 40 minutes on average.
In total, 19,633 flights to Austin were delayed in 2024, with the average delay lasting for 62.5 minutes.
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