Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (AMA) delays & on-time performance
Amarillo, Texas · 7 nonstop destinations · 4 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at AMA right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
84%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.7%
84 flights
Avg arrival delay
14 min
84 min when late
Departed on time
84%
avg taxi-out 15 min
Figures cover 5,005 departures from AMA; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into AMA were on time 80% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (AMA) arrived on time 84% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.7% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- Envoy Air was the most punctual airline here (86% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (80%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (93% on time); around 5pm did worst (68%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (41%).
Most delayed routes from AMA
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DEN · Denver78%685 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas80%364 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth85%2,364 flts
- DAL · Dallas86%1,263 flts
Most reliable routes from AMA
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DAL · Dallas86%1,263 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth85%2,364 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas80%364 flts
- DEN · Denver78%685 flts
Best airline at AMA
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy Air | 86% | 2.3% | 11 min | 1 | 1,937 |
| Southwest Airlines | 84% | 0.8% | 10 min | 4 | 1,830 |
| American Airlines | 83% | 4.2% | 34 min | 1 | 120 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 80% | 1.8% | 24 min | 3 | 1,118 |
Best time to fly out of AMA
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am93%471 flts
- 6am91%440 flts
- 7am92%296 flts
- 8am87%342 flts
- 10am90%523 flts
- 11am92%115 flts
- 12pm88%332 flts
- 1pm80%313 flts
- 2pm82%304 flts
- 3pm74%275 flts
- 4pm77%458 flts
- 5pm68%473 flts
- 6pm82%408 flts
- 7pm76%135 flts
- 8pm84%70 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft41%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)30%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion18%
- Extreme weather10%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.