Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, NC

What the Data Says About OAJ

Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, NC in Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, North Carolina handled 20,873 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 87.4% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 2,635 experienced delays, 211 were cancelled, and 11 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.01%, the diversion rate to 0.05%, and the average delay when departures run late is 83.7 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing OAJ against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at OAJ, Carrier leads the pack. Carrier accounts for 41.9% of total delay minutes, followed by Late Aircraft at 40.5% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 9.9%. Weather contributes 7.7% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.0%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, April runs the cleanest at OAJ with a 96.4% on-time rate, while July is the roughest at 90.7% — a 6-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in March, when average flights hit 327. The busiest route from OAJ is to OAJ (Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune), with 5,392 flights at a 82.9% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 87.4% on-time, 83.7-minute average delay, 1.01% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune, NC.