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Airport · MDT · Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Harrisburg, PA

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Harrisburg, PA (MDT) ranks #137 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Harrisburg, PA posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

82.8%
On-time
Top 57%
on-time, US airports
83 min
Delay when late
1.30%
Cancelled
#137 of 382
Corpus placement
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MDT on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%82.8%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 438,127.

Late Aircraft 35.3% (154,575 min)
Carrier 40.8% (178,837 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 16.3% (71,291 min)
Weather 7.5% (32,981 min)
Security 0.1% (443 min)

MDT - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: November (93.9%) · worst: July (89.7%)

89%90%91%92%93%94%95% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 89.9%

MDT - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 96.1% 90.1% ▼ -6.2%

MDT - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 15.4 min · taxi-in 6 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min Jan 24Dec 25 18.1 min 20 min ▲ +10.5%

MDT's average taxi-out (15.4 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 13.7 min (August 2025) to 20.4 min (February 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Harrisburg, PA.

Cancellation Rate

1.30%

785 of 60,271 flights

Diversion Rate

0.11%

68 of 60,271 flights

Delay Rate

17.2%

10,338 of 60,271 flights

Top Routes from MDT

Busiest routes to and from Harrisburg, PA.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
CLT (Charlotte) → MDT (Harrisburg) 6,463 81.4% 413 mi
MDT (Harrisburg) → CLT (Charlotte) 6,456 85.9% 413 mi
ORD (Chicago) → MDT (Harrisburg) 5,647 80% 594 mi
MDT (Harrisburg) → ORD (Chicago) 5,639 82.8% 594 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → MDT (Harrisburg) 5,417 89.2% 620 mi
MDT (Harrisburg) → ATL (Atlanta) 5,387 88% 620 mi
DTW (Detroit) → MDT (Harrisburg) 3,649 85.7% 371 mi
MDT (Harrisburg) → DTW (Detroit) 3,648 87.8% 371 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → MDT (Harrisburg) 1,751 64.1% 1,231 mi
MDT (Harrisburg) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 1,720 85.3% 1,231 mi
MDT (Harrisburg) → EWR (Newark) 631 85.6% 141 mi
EWR (Newark) → MDT (Harrisburg) 630 85.1% 141 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Harrisburg, PA, both outside Pennsylvania so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 82.8%).

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CA

82.8% on-time 2,137,032 flights

Columbus, OH

Columbus, OH

82.8% on-time 450,603 flights

Louisville, KY

Louisville, KY

82.8% on-time 252,784 flights

Springfield, IL

Springfield, IL

82.8% on-time 8,116 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 60,271).

Tallahassee, FL

Tallahassee, FL

60,451 flights 84.7% on-time

Charlotte Amalie, VI

Charlotte Amalie, VI

61,916 flights 81.5% on-time

Rapid City, SD

Rapid City, SD

58,593 flights 83.1% on-time

Fort Wayne, IN

Fort Wayne, IN

62,234 flights 80.9% on-time

Other Airports in Pennsylvania

Compare performance with other Pennsylvania airports.

PHL 81.3%

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia · 1,060,086 flights
PIT 83.3%

Pittsburgh, PA

Pittsburgh · 462,554 flights
ABE 83.7%

Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton, PA

Allentown/Bethlehem/Easton · 48,496 flights
AVP 82.7%

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, PA

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre · 21,551 flights
SCE 83.8%

State College, PA

State College · 9,139 flights
LBE 83.5%

Latrobe, PA

Latrobe · 8,539 flights
JST 82.1%

Johnstown, PA

Johnstown · 7,267 flights
ERI 87.3%

Erie, PA

Erie · 3,197 flights

MDT delay-share reading

The standout signal at Harrisburg, PA is the delay mix: Carrier owns 40.8% of 438,127 delay minutes across 60,271 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 82.8% (3.8 pts above the 79% national average), with 10,338 delayed and 785 cancelled (1.30%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (35.3% late-aircraft, 40.8% carrier, 16.3% NAS, 7.5% weather, 0.1% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, MDT is strongest in November (93.9% on-time) and weakest in July (89.7%), a 4.2-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~939 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to CLT (Charlotte) at 81.4% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using MDT's data

MDT's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from MDT before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in November rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 15.4 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.