Best time to fly out of Shreveport (SHV)
The early-flight folk wisdom holds up at Shreveport: departures in the Before 6am band left on time 91.6% of the time, against 66.3% in the 8–10pm 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 | 85 | 94 | 92 | 92 | 93 | 94 | 92 |
| 6–8am | 85 | 87 | 87 | 91 | 87 | 88 | 89 |
| 8–10am | 79 | 85 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 84 | 81 |
| 10am–12pm | 82 | 85 | 84 | 86 | 79 | 80 | 84 |
| 12–2pm | 66 | 80 | 72 | 80 | 76 | 78 | 73 |
| 2–4pm | 78 | 83 | 83 | 79 | 82 | 83 | 79 |
| 4–6pm | 69 | 76 | 69 | 74 | 68 | 71 | 69 |
| 6–8pm | 72 | 76 | 73 | 68 | 76 | 65 | 62 |
| 8–10pm | 63 | – | – | – | 70 | – | – |
| 10pm–12am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
The steadiest stretch at SHV was Before 6am — 91.6% of departures left on time across 898 flights. The weakest was 8–10pm at 66.3%. 6–8am departures from SHV left on time 87.6% of the time across 3,624 flights; 6–8pm departures, 70.4% across 1,405. That is a gap of 17.2 points, and it is the whole case for the early flight.
The year at SHV
June was the hard month at SHV: 73.7% of departures left on time, across 1,640 flights. November was the easy one at 86.4%. 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% | 1,101 |
| February | 83.1% | 997 |
| March | 79.7% | 1,166 |
| April | 81.9% | 1,250 |
| May | 73.8% | 1,429 |
| June | 73.7% | 1,640 |
| July | 75.4% | 1,366 |
| August | 80.9% | 1,302 |
| September | 85.3% | 1,264 |
| October | 84.3% | 1,280 |
| November | 86.4% | 1,236 |
| December | 80.2% | 1,285 |
Airlines at SHV
Every airline with at least 100 departures from SHV, 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 | 79.8% | 111 min | 2.4% | 7,607 |
| PSA Airlines | 78.4% | 102 min | 2.8% | 3,688 |
| Envoy Air | 79.4% | 74 min | 2.7% | 1,879 |
| Endeavor Air | 88% | 80 min | 1.4% | 1,635 |
| Allegiant Air | 74.9% | 80 min | 0.8% | 506 |
Endeavor Air (through December 2024) stopped filing before June 2026. Its row covers a shorter run of months than the rest of the table, so its figure is not set against the others anywhere on this page.
What delays out of SHV were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 3,140 flights that departed SHV and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 47.5% put down to airline operations and 27.6% to late-arriving aircraft.
- Late-arriving aircraft 27.6%
- Airline operations 47.5%
- Air traffic & airport volume 10.7%
- Severe weather 14.1%
- Security 0.1%
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 SHV
Of 15,322 scheduled arrivals into SHV, 75.5% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 3,381 arrivals that ran late, 47.6% 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 SHV
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.
- DFW 76.1% on time · 6,124 flights
- ATL 84.7% on time · 3,806 flights
- CLT 79.5% on time · 2,392 flights
- IAH 76.4% on time · 1,680 flights
- DEN 79.6% on time · 808 flights
- LAS 75.6% on time · 318 flights
- SFB Not enough flights to say · 69 flights
- VPS Not enough flights to say · 68 flights
- BNA Not enough flights to say · 38 flights
- LAX Not enough flights to say · 13 flights
SHV in one number
Shreveport (SHV)
Rank 140 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: Before 6am. Hardest month: June.
Questions about SHV
- What is the best time of day to fly out of Shreveport?
- Before 6am. Departures in that band left on time 91.6% of the time across 898 flights, July 2023 through June 2026 — the best of the ten bands in the day. The 8–10pm band was the weakest at 66.3%.
- Is the early flight out of SHV really more reliable?
- 6–8am departures from SHV left on time 87.6% of the time across 3,624 flights; 6–8pm departures, 70.4% across 1,405. That is a gap of 17.2 points, and it is the whole case for the early flight.
- What is the worst month to fly out of SHV?
- June: 73.7% of the departures that flew left on time, with 1,640 scheduled. November was the other end of the year at 86.4%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- Which airline is most on time at SHV?
- SkyWest Airlines — 79.8% of its 7,607 departures from SHV left on time. Allegiant Air sat at the other end at 74.9% over 506 flights. Only airlines with at least 100 departures here are ranked. Airlines that stopped filing before June 2026 are left out of the ranking — their figures cover a shorter run of months than the rest of the table.
- How often are flights cancelled at SHV?
- 2.4% 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.