Hattiesburg/Laurel, MS

What the Data Says About PIB

Hattiesburg/Laurel, MS in Hattiesburg/Laurel, Mississippi handled 7,551 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 85% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 1,133 experienced delays, 108 were cancelled, and 5 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.43%, the diversion rate to 0.07%, and the average delay when departures run late is 123.6 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing PIB against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at PIB, Carrier leads the pack. Carrier accounts for 52.1% of total delay minutes, followed by Late Aircraft at 38.4% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 4.9%. Weather contributes 4.4% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.1%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, September runs the cleanest at PIB with a 95.3% on-time rate, while May is the roughest at 91.9% — a 3-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in October, when average flights hit 109. The busiest route from PIB is to PIB (Hattiesburg/Laurel), with 2,926 flights at a 83.2% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 85% on-time, 123.6-minute average delay, 1.43% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Hattiesburg/Laurel, MS.