Bismarck Municipal in November 2023

91.7%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 288 domestic departures from Bismarck Municipal (BIS). 91.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.2% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so BIS departures were 5.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BIS that month were on time 92.7% of the time (287 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 89.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.8%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from BIS in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	BIS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	91.7%	—	81.5%	86.0%
Arrived on time	89.2%	—	79.5%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	0.7%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.1 min	—	18.7 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	—	11	18,793
Scheduled departures	288	—	3,874	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	199	69%	89.9%	-7.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	33	11%	87.9%	-10.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	30	10%	93.3%	-5.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	26	9%	80.8%	-2.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BIS–MSP	Bismarck/Mandan to Minneapolis	115	91.3%	-7.6 min	0.0%
BIS–DEN	Bismarck/Mandan to Denver	114	89.5%	-7.0 min	0.0%
BIS–DFW	Bismarck/Mandan to Dallas/Fort Worth	33	87.9%	-10.8 min	0.0%
BIS–AZA	Bismarck/Mandan to Phoenix	14	85.7%	-1.3 min	0.0%
BIS–LAS	Bismarck/Mandan to Las Vegas	10	80.0%	-8.8 min	0.0%
BIS–SFB	Bismarck/Mandan to Sanford	2	50.0%	21.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	25.7%	42.5%	426
Late-arriving aircraft	48.0%	37.3%	795
National Aviation System	19.6%	16.2%	325
Extreme weather	6.7%	3.7%	111
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

1,657 delay minutes on 31 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left BIS on time in November 2023?

91.7% of 288 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for BIS · methodology · corrections.