The timeline shows the percentage of flight operations arriving on time by the largest U.S. air carriers from 1990 to 2021. In 2021, over 81 percent of flight operations by the largest U.S. air carriers were on time.
Percentage of the largest U.S. air carriers' flight operations arriving on time from 1990 to 2021*
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (February 28, 2022). Percentage of the largest U.S. air carriers' flight operations arriving on time from 1990 to 2021* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/186255/on-time-flight-operations-by-us-air-carriers-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Percentage of the largest U.S. air carriers' flight operations arriving on time from 1990 to 2021*." Chart. February 28, 2022. Statista. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186255/on-time-flight-operations-by-us-air-carriers-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2022). Percentage of the largest U.S. air carriers' flight operations arriving on time from 1990 to 2021*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186255/on-time-flight-operations-by-us-air-carriers-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "Percentage of The Largest U.S. Air Carriers' Flight Operations Arriving on Time from 1990 to 2021*." Statista, Statista Inc., 28 Feb 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186255/on-time-flight-operations-by-us-air-carriers-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Percentage of the largest U.S. air carriers' flight operations arriving on time from 1990 to 2021* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186255/on-time-flight-operations-by-us-air-carriers-since-1990/ (last visited April 19, 2024)
Percentage of the largest U.S. air carriers' flight operations arriving on time from 1990 to 2021* [Graph], Bureau of Transportation Statistics, February 28, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/186255/on-time-flight-operations-by-us-air-carriers-since-1990/