Best time to fly out of Southwest Georgia (ABY)
Southwest Georgia did not fly enough departures in this window to split the day into time bands. Not enough flights to say. A percentage needs at least 100 flights behind it before it is worth printing; anything thinner is noise wearing a decimal point. These are historical odds, not forecasts. The records say what happened on this schedule over three years; they know nothing about tomorrow’s thunderstorm.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
On-time rate by hour and day
On this page, “on time” means a departure that pushed back less than 15 minutes behind its scheduled time — the Bureau of Transportation Statistics definition, and the one airlines are held to.
| Departure time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before 6am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6–8am | 86 | 90 | 89 | 86 | 90 | 90 | 82 |
| 8–10am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10am–12pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12–2pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2–4pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4–6pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6–8pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8–10pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10pm–12am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Not enough flights to say — fewer than 100 in this window.
The year at ABY
December was the hard month at ABY: 76.6% of departures left on time, across 176 flights. October was the easy one at 93%. Each month pools three years of that month, so a single bad week does not decide it.
| Month | Share departures that left on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | 80% | 136 |
| February | 83.8% | 136 |
| March | 86% | 150 |
| April | 87.7% | 146 |
| May | 82.4% | 149 |
| June | 84.3% | 141 |
| July | 80.8% | 212 |
| August | 78% | 211 |
| September | 86.1% | 166 |
| October | 93% | 201 |
| November | 90.8% | 199 |
| December | 76.6% | 176 |
Airlines at ABY
Every airline with at least 100 departures from ABY, busiest first. These are that airline’s departures from this airport only — its record across the country sits on its own page.
| Airline | Left on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 83% | 127 min | 1.4% | 1,732 |
| Endeavor Air | 91.1% | — | 0% | 291 |
A dash under typical delay means fewer than 30 of that airline’s departures ran 15 minutes late or more — too few to average.
What delays out of ABY were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 335 flights that departed ABY and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 72.8% put down to airline operations and 18.1% to severe weather.
- Late-arriving aircraft 2.1%
- Airline operations 72.8%
- Air traffic & airport volume 7%
- Severe weather 18.1%
- Security 0%
Late-arriving aircraft is the knock-on category: the plane came in late, so it went out late again. It is why a 7am problem in Newark is still a problem in Denver at dinnertime, and why it is usually the biggest slice on the bar.
If you are connecting through ABY
Of 2,023 scheduled arrivals into ABY, 78.3% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 407 arrivals that ran late, 41% were no more than 45 minutes behind — which is the difference between a tight connection and a new boarding pass.
Work out a specific layover — pick the airport and the minutes you have, and the tool reads the same arrival records back as a share.
Busiest routes out of ABY
Ranked by flights, with the share that arrived on time at the far end. Where a route carries enough flights for a page of its own the chip goes there; otherwise it goes to the destination airport.
- ATL 83.2% on time · 2,023 flights
ABY in one number
Southwest Georgia (ABY)
Rank 276 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: 6–8am. Hardest month: December.
Questions about ABY
- What is the worst month to fly out of ABY?
- December: 76.6% of the departures that flew left on time, with 176 scheduled. October was the other end of the year at 93%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- Which airline is most on time at ABY?
- Endeavor Air — 91.1% of its 291 departures from ABY left on time. SkyWest Airlines sat at the other end at 83% over 1,732 flights. Only airlines with at least 100 departures here are ranked.
- How often are flights cancelled at ABY?
- 1.2% of scheduled departures were cancelled over July 2023 through June 2026. Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled, not against everything that flew — a rate that looks small still adds up to real people in a rebooking line.