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Airport · OAJ · Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, NC

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, NC (OAJ) ranks #204 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, NC posts top-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

87.4%
On-time
Top 13%
on-time, US airports
84 min
Delay when late
1.01%
Cancelled
#204 of 382
Corpus placement
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OAJ on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%87.4%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 104,807.

Late Aircraft 40.5% (42,414 min)
Carrier 41.9% (43,890 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 9.9% (10,400 min)
Weather 7.7% (8,095 min)
Security 0.0% (8 min)

OAJ - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: April (96.4%) · worst: July (90.7%)

90%92%94%96%98% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 93.3%

OAJ - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 95.3% 90.3% ▼ -5.2%

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

Average taxi-out 17.7 min · taxi-in 3.6 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min Dec 23Dec 25 17.2 min 13.4 min ▼ -22.1%

OAJ's average taxi-out (17.7 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 13.2 min (March 2025) to 22.3 min (October 2024).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, NC.

Cancellation Rate

1.01%

211 of 20,873 flights

Diversion Rate

0.05%

11 of 20,873 flights

Delay Rate

12.6%

2,635 of 20,873 flights

Top Routes from OAJ

Busiest routes to and from Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, NC.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
CLT (Charlotte) → OAJ (Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune) 5,392 82.9% 191 mi
OAJ (Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune) → CLT (Charlotte) 5,391 86.4% 191 mi
ATL (Atlanta) → OAJ (Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune) 4,860 89.8% 399 mi
OAJ (Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune) → ATL (Atlanta) 4,859 91.6% 399 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, NC, both outside North Carolina 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: 87.4%).

Mosinee, WI

Mosinee, WI

87.4% on-time 16,116 flights

Columbus, GA

Columbus, GA

87.4% on-time 11,968 flights

Rhinelander, WI

Rhinelander, WI

87.3% on-time 9,618 flights

Moab, UT

Moab, UT

87.3% on-time 5,341 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 20,873).

Rochester, MN

Rochester, MN

20,848 flights 85.8% on-time

Trenton, NJ

Trenton, NJ

21,106 flights 75.4% on-time

Casper, WY

Casper, WY

20,592 flights 83.5% on-time

Arcata/Eureka, CA

Arcata/Eureka, CA

20,571 flights 84.4% on-time

Other Airports in North Carolina

Compare performance with other North Carolina airports.

CLT 82%

Charlotte, NC

Charlotte · 2,345,248 flights
RDU 81.6%

Raleigh/Durham, NC

Raleigh/Durham · 616,332 flights
GSO 84.6%

Greensboro/High Point, NC

Greensboro/High Point · 116,389 flights
AVL 80%

Asheville, NC

Asheville · 114,713 flights
ILM 83.9%

Wilmington, NC

Wilmington · 80,728 flights
FAY 86.9%

Fayetteville, NC

Fayetteville · 22,542 flights
USA 72.4%

Concord, NC

Concord · 10,857 flights
EWN 85.7%

New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort, NC

New Bern/Morehead/Beaufort · 8,887 flights

OAJ delay-share reading

The standout signal at Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, NC is the delay mix: Carrier owns 41.9% of 104,807 delay minutes across 20,873 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 87.4% (8.4 pts above the 79% national average), with 2,635 delayed and 211 cancelled (1.01%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (40.5% late-aircraft, 41.9% carrier, 9.9% NAS, 7.7% weather, 0.0% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, OAJ is strongest in April (96.4% on-time) and weakest in July (90.7%), a 5.7-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~327 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to CLT (Charlotte) at 82.9% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for North Carolina: North Carolina 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 OAJ's data

OAJ's on-time book is stronger than most peers; the remaining risk sits in the delay mix, not a weak headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from OAJ before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in April rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 17.7 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.