Bismarck Municipal in August 2024

84.9%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 352 domestic departures from Bismarck Municipal (BIS). 84.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so BIS departures were 9.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 289 departures with 87.9% leaving on time: a change of −3.0 points, with flights up 22%.

Flights arriving at BIS that month were on time 78.2% of the time (353 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 81.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	BIS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	84.9%	87.9%	81.5%	75.4%
Arrived on time	81.8%	87.5%	79.5%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.7 min	13.5 min	18.7 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	10	11	20,634
Scheduled departures	352	289	3,874	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	184	52%	75.0%	10.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	18%	98.4%	-11.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	62	18%	83.9%	2.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	39	11%	87.2%	-6.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	5	1%	60.0%	9.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BIS–MSP	Bismarck/Mandan to Minneapolis	145	82.8%	0.0 min	0.0%
BIS–DEN	Bismarck/Mandan to Denver	106	77.4%	12.1 min	0.0%
BIS–DFW	Bismarck/Mandan to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	83.9%	2.5 min	0.0%
BIS–AZA	Bismarck/Mandan to Phoenix	17	88.2%	-3.8 min	0.0%
BIS–LAS	Bismarck/Mandan to Las Vegas	11	90.9%	-5.8 min	0.0%
BIS–PIE	Bismarck/Mandan to St. Petersburg	8	87.5%	-16.6 min	0.0%
BIS–SFB	Bismarck/Mandan to Sanford	3	66.7%	8.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	39.9%	33.8%	1,659
Late-arriving aircraft	25.7%	39.8%	1,068
National Aviation System	24.5%	20.4%	1,019
Extreme weather	9.9%	5.9%	412
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,158 delay minutes on 64 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 August 2024?

84.9% of 352 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 87.9% of 289 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 84.9% and 0.0% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.