Bismarck Municipal in October 2024

90.7%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 375 domestic departures from Bismarck Municipal (BIS). 90.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 91.2% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so BIS departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 337 departures with 84.6% leaving on time: a change of +6.1 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at BIS that month were on time 92.8% of the time (374 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 72%, late-arriving aircraft 19% and extreme weather 6%.

On time 91.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.3%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	BIS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	90.7%	84.6%	81.5%	85.5%
Arrived on time	91.2%	81.6%	79.5%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.3%	0.7%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.2 min	16.3 min	18.7 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	11	11	20,517
Scheduled departures	375	337	3,874	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	208	55%	93.8%	-11.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	17%	98.4%	-16.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	62	17%	85.5%	1.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	43	11%	76.7%	15.2 min	4.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BIS–MSP	Bismarck/Mandan to Minneapolis	146	97.3%	-13.4 min	0.0%
BIS–DEN	Bismarck/Mandan to Denver	124	91.9%	-12.1 min	0.0%
BIS–DFW	Bismarck/Mandan to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	85.5%	1.2 min	0.0%
BIS–AZA	Bismarck/Mandan to Phoenix	17	88.2%	-15.1 min	0.0%
BIS–LAS	Bismarck/Mandan to Las Vegas	9	44.4%	30.8 min	0.0%
BIS–PIE	Bismarck/Mandan to St. Petersburg	9	77.8%	-47.0 min	22.2%
BIS–SFB	Bismarck/Mandan to Sanford	8	87.5%	116.6 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	71.6%	42.7%	2,043
Late-arriving aircraft	19.4%	37.4%	555
National Aviation System	2.7%	16.3%	76
Extreme weather	6.3%	3.4%	181
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,855 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 October 2024?

90.7% of 375 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 91.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 84.6% of 337 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 90.7% and 0.5% in October 2024.

Provenance

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