Bismarck Municipal in February 2026

82.8%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 233 domestic departures from Bismarck Municipal (BIS). 82.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.5% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so BIS departures were 4.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 352 departures with 73.6% leaving on time: a change of +9.2 points, with flights down 34%.

Flights arriving at BIS that month were on time 85.4% of the time (233 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 81.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.2%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from BIS in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	BIS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	82.8%	73.6%	81.5%	78.1%
Arrived on time	81.5%	69.9%	79.5%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.9%	2.8%	0.7%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.6 min	22.5 min	18.7 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	12	11	17,168
Scheduled departures	233	352	3,874	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	107	46%	82.2%	1.6 min	1.9%
MQ Envoy Air	56	24%	78.6%	-1.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	42	18%	81.0%	-2.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	28	12%	85.7%	-8.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BIS–DEN	Bismarck/Mandan to Denver	106	83.0%	0.4 min	1.9%
BIS–DFW	Bismarck/Mandan to Dallas/Fort Worth	56	78.6%	-1.4 min	0.0%
BIS–AZA	Bismarck/Mandan to Phoenix	29	82.8%	-1.8 min	0.0%
BIS–MSP	Bismarck/Mandan to Minneapolis	29	82.8%	-3.4 min	0.0%
BIS–LAS	Bismarck/Mandan to Las Vegas	8	87.5%	-7.1 min	0.0%
BIS–SFB	Bismarck/Mandan to Sanford	5	60.0%	1.0 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	40.6%	38.2%	1,371
Late-arriving aircraft	37.1%	37.2%	1,253
National Aviation System	20.9%	18.5%	705
Extreme weather	1.5%	6.0%	51
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,380 delay minutes on 40 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 February 2026?

82.8% of 233 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 73.6% of 352 departures left on time and 2.8% were cancelled, against 82.8% and 0.9% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.