Best time to fly out of Aberdeen (ABR)
The early-flight folk wisdom holds up at Aberdeen: departures in the 6–8am band left on time 89.8% of the time, against 86.9% in the 2–4pm band. 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 | 85 | 93 | 90 | 92 | 92 | 89 | 89 |
| 8–10am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10am–12pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12–2pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2–4pm | 87 | 84 | 85 | 92 | 90 | 88 | 83 |
| 4–6pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6–8pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8–10pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10pm–12am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
The steadiest stretch at ABR was 6–8am — 89.8% of departures left on time across 1,083 flights. The weakest was 2–4pm at 86.9%.
The year at ABR
December was the hard month at ABR: 76.6% of departures left on time, across 179 flights. September was the easy one at 93.3%. 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 | 83.6% | 183 |
| February | 88.2% | 170 |
| March | 86.8% | 186 |
| April | 90.5% | 180 |
| May | 91.9% | 186 |
| June | 82.8% | 180 |
| July | 87.1% | 186 |
| August | 84.4% | 186 |
| September | 93.3% | 180 |
| October | 91% | 201 |
| November | 89.9% | 191 |
| December | 76.6% | 179 |
Airlines at ABR
Every airline with at least 100 departures from ABR, 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 | 87.3% | 146 min | 0.9% | 2,208 |
What delays out of ABR were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 280 flights that departed ABR and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 79.3% put down to airline operations and 16.3% to severe weather.
- Late-arriving aircraft 0%
- Airline operations 79.3%
- Air traffic & airport volume 3.8%
- Severe weather 16.3%
- Security 0.6%
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 ABR
Of 2,208 scheduled arrivals into ABR, 85% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 304 arrivals that ran late, 44.7% 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 ABR
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.
- MSP 87.2% on time · 2,208 flights
ABR in one number
Aberdeen (ABR)
Rank 257 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: 6–8am. Hardest month: December.
Questions about ABR
- What is the best time of day to fly out of Aberdeen?
- 6–8am. Departures in that band left on time 89.8% of the time across 1,083 flights, July 2023 through June 2026 — the best of the ten bands in the day. The 2–4pm band was the weakest at 86.9%.
- What is the worst month to fly out of ABR?
- December: 76.6% of the departures that flew left on time, with 179 scheduled. September was the other end of the year at 93.3%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- How often are flights cancelled at ABR?
- 0.9% 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.