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Airport Reliability

ACV · Arcata/Eureka

Arcata/Eureka, CA (ACV)

82%
Departures within 15 minutes
17 min
Average departure delay
81%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
1.4%
Departures cancelled

Based on 2,098 departures and 2,100 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from ACV departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 49% between 6–9 PM.

Wednesday is the weak spot.

Departures from ACV arrived on time 81% of the time on Saturdays. On Wednesdays: 69%.

Slipping a little lately.

Departures from ACV arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 76% in the three months before that.

When ACV gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM90%(87 flights)
  • 6–9 AM75%(412 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(756 flights)
  • 3–6 PM83%(574 flights)
  • 6–9 PM49%(234 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon71%(307 flights)
  • Tue73%(277 flights)
  • Wed69%(291 flights)
  • Thu75%(302 flights)
  • Fri77%(312 flights)
  • Sat81%(274 flights)
  • Sun74%(300 flights)
On-time trend by month
66%
May

Jun 81% → May 66% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202581%174
July 202580%182
August 202577%181
September 202569%157
October 202578%184
November 202570%172
December 202572%173
January 202685%157
February 202671%135
March 202680%146
April 202664%190
May 202666%212

Airlines departing ACV

Based on 2,098 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.