In 2023, approximately 78 percent of flight operations by the largest U.S. air carriers were on time, which was slightly better performance compared to the previous year.
Percentage of the largest U.S. air carriers' flight operations arriving on time from 1990 to 2023*
* Data include nonstop scheduled service between points within the United States (including territories) by U.S. air carriers with at least 1 percent of the total domestic scheduled service passenger revenues and those carriers that report voluntarily. In 2010, the air carriers were Airtran, Alaska, American, American Eagle, Atlantic Southeast, Comair, Continental, Delta, ExpressJet, Frontier, Hawaiian, JetBlue, Mesa, Pinnacle, Skywest, Southwest, United, and US Airways.
A flight is considered on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after the scheduled time shown in the carriers' Computerized Reservations Systems. Canceled and diverted operations are counted as late.
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Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (May 29, 2024). Percentage of the largest U.S. air carriers' flight operations arriving on time from 1990 to 2023* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 09, 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 2023*." Chart. May 29, 2024. Statista. Accessed October 09, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/186255/on-time-flight-operations-by-us-air-carriers-since-1990/
Bureau of Transportation Statistics. (2024). Percentage of the largest U.S. air carriers' flight operations arriving on time from 1990 to 2023*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 09, 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 2023*." Statista, Statista Inc., 29 May 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 2023* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/186255/on-time-flight-operations-by-us-air-carriers-since-1990/ (last visited October 09, 2024)
Percentage of the largest U.S. air carriers' flight operations arriving on time from 1990 to 2023* [Graph], Bureau of Transportation Statistics, May 29, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/186255/on-time-flight-operations-by-us-air-carriers-since-1990/
