Bismarck Municipal in December 2023

86.9%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 282 domestic departures from Bismarck Municipal (BIS). 86.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.3% reached their destination on time; 2.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so BIS departures were 3.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BIS that month were on time 88.3% of the time (283 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, extreme weather 25% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 88.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.9%
Cancelled 2.8%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	BIS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	86.9%	—	81.5%	83.1%
Arrived on time	88.3%	—	79.5%	83.8%
Cancelled	2.8%	—	0.7%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.6 min	—	18.7 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	—	11	19,013
Scheduled departures	282	—	3,874	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	182	65%	87.9%	-5.9 min	3.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	38	13%	84.2%	-8.9 min	2.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	11%	87.1%	3.0 min	3.2%
MQ Envoy Air	31	11%	96.8%	-13.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BIS–MSP	Bismarck/Mandan to Minneapolis	120	89.2%	-5.1 min	3.3%
BIS–DEN	Bismarck/Mandan to Denver	93	86.0%	-3.9 min	3.2%
BIS–DFW	Bismarck/Mandan to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	96.8%	-13.7 min	0.0%
BIS–AZA	Bismarck/Mandan to Phoenix	19	84.2%	-13.5 min	5.3%
BIS–LAS	Bismarck/Mandan to Las Vegas	12	91.7%	-9.2 min	0.0%
BIS–SFB	Bismarck/Mandan to Sanford	7	71.4%	3.3 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	50.8%	37.1%	962
Late-arriving aircraft	8.0%	38.8%	151
National Aviation System	15.8%	17.6%	300
Extreme weather	25.4%	6.2%	480
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

1,893 delay minutes on 25 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 December 2023?

86.9% of 282 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.