Hector International in August 2023

87.8%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 517 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 87.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.4% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 11.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 82.8% of the time (518 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and extreme weather 12%.

On time 87.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.4%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from FAR in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	87.8%	—	79.5%	76.7%
Arrived on time	87.4%	—	77.0%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.2%	—	1.7%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.7 min	—	18.8 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	—	19	20,100
Scheduled departures	517	—	6,893	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	214	41%	86.4%	2.5 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	118	23%	90.7%	-6.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	63	12%	96.8%	-10.8 min	1.6%
9E Endeavor Air	58	11%	86.2%	-6.8 min	1.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	48	9%	81.3%	-0.2 min	2.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	16	3%	62.5%	14.0 min	12.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	151	92.1%	-8.4 min	1.3%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	139	81.3%	7.9 min	1.4%
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	117	86.3%	-0.2 min	0.9%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	96.8%	-13.8 min	0.0%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	18	83.3%	1.6 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	18	77.8%	-3.4 min	5.6%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	8	100.0%	-4.7 min	0.0%
FAR–SFB	Fargo to Sanford	4	50.0%	14.8 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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	41.3%	36.7%	2,119
Late-arriving aircraft	40.1%	42.2%	2,057
National Aviation System	6.9%	15.7%	352
Extreme weather	11.8%	5.1%	607
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,135 delay minutes on 59 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 FAR on time in August 2023?

87.8% of 517 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 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 August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for FAR · methodology · corrections.