Bismarck Municipal in January 2024

74.7%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 277 domestic departures from Bismarck Municipal (BIS). 74.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.9% reached their destination on time; 3.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so BIS departures were 0.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at BIS that month were on time 78.0% of the time (277 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 65%, late-arriving aircraft 15% and extreme weather 14%.

On time 72.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.5%
Cancelled 3.6%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from BIS in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	BIS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	74.7%	—	81.5%	74.0%
Arrived on time	72.9%	—	79.5%	72.9%
Cancelled	3.6%	—	0.7%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	37.0 min	—	18.7 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	—	11	18,242
Scheduled departures	277	—	3,874	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	157	57%	70.1%	42.4 min	3.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	55	20%	87.3%	11.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	34	12%	61.8%	21.8 min	8.8%
MQ Envoy Air	31	11%	74.2%	9.8 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BIS–MSP	Bismarck/Mandan to Minneapolis	119	79.0%	28.3 min	0.0%
BIS–DEN	Bismarck/Mandan to Denver	93	68.8%	42.2 min	6.5%
BIS–DFW	Bismarck/Mandan to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	74.2%	9.8 min	3.2%
BIS–AZA	Bismarck/Mandan to Phoenix	20	60.0%	24.1 min	5.0%
BIS–LAS	Bismarck/Mandan to Las Vegas	9	55.6%	-13.0 min	22.2%
BIS–SFB	Bismarck/Mandan to Sanford	5	80.0%	62.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	64.5%	32.6%	6,382
Late-arriving aircraft	14.6%	39.0%	1,445
National Aviation System	7.0%	17.9%	688
Extreme weather	13.9%	10.3%	1,380
Security	0.0%	0.2%	2

9,897 delay minutes on 65 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 January 2024?

74.7% of 277 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.