Hector International in October 2023

87.0%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 508 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 87.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.3% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 83.0% of the time (507 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 84.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.4%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	87.0%	—	79.5%	83.8%
Arrived on time	84.3%	—	77.0%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	1.7%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.1 min	—	18.8 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	—	19	19,966
Scheduled departures	508	—	6,893	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	203	40%	84.2%	5.5 min	1.0%
MQ Envoy Air	122	24%	84.4%	-1.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	12%	82.3%	3.6 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	54	11%	88.9%	-5.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	52	10%	80.8%	1.4 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	15	3%	86.7%	-6.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	148	85.1%	-0.6 min	0.0%
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	138	83.3%	13.2 min	0.7%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	108	85.2%	-2.9 min	0.9%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	85.5%	-10.3 min	0.0%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	29	89.7%	-5.0 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	14	71.4%	7.4 min	0.0%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	13.1 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	42.5%	41.3%	2,613
Late-arriving aircraft	39.7%	40.5%	2,441
National Aviation System	10.8%	14.4%	664
Extreme weather	7.1%	3.7%	434
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,152 delay minutes on 78 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 October 2023?

87.0% of 508 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.