Hector International in September 2023

84.2%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 486 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 84.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.7% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 81.6% of the time (485 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 83.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.6%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	84.2%	—	79.5%	80.5%
Arrived on time	83.7%	—	77.0%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	1.7%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.6 min	—	18.8 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	—	19	18,978
Scheduled departures	486	—	6,893	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	211	43%	82.0%	1.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	117	24%	84.6%	-2.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	59	12%	86.4%	13.7 min	3.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	43	9%	81.4%	0.4 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	40	8%	92.5%	-8.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	16	3%	75.0%	-7.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	139	87.1%	3.4 min	1.4%
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	133	75.9%	6.1 min	0.0%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	111	82.0%	-0.6 min	0.0%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	60	98.3%	-15.5 min	0.0%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	17	82.4%	-4.3 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	17	82.4%	1.7 min	0.0%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	9	77.8%	6.9 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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	40.8%	36.4%	2,238
Late-arriving aircraft	38.2%	38.3%	2,096
National Aviation System	15.1%	19.9%	828
Extreme weather	5.9%	5.1%	323
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,485 delay minutes on 76 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 September 2023?

84.2% of 486 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.