Hector International in January 2024

76.8%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 531 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 76.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.7% reached their destination on time; 3.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 74.6% of the time (531 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 31% and extreme weather 13%.

On time 75.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.1%
Cancelled 3.2%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from FAR in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	76.8%	—	79.5%	74.0%
Arrived on time	75.7%	—	77.0%	72.9%
Cancelled	3.2%	—	1.7%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.9 min	—	18.8 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	—	19	18,242
Scheduled departures	531	—	6,893	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	195	37%	67.7%	13.7 min	4.6%
MQ Envoy Air	154	29%	72.7%	27.3 min	5.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	64	12%	85.9%	-1.0 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	52	10%	82.7%	6.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	49	9%	91.8%	-5.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	17	3%	88.2%	-17.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	141	84.4%	2.8 min	0.0%
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	123	69.9%	15.7 min	7.3%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	110	62.7%	19.7 min	3.6%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	74.2%	35.2 min	3.2%
FAR–PHX	Fargo to Phoenix	31	87.1%	-3.0 min	6.5%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	28	96.4%	-19.9 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	10	80.0%	14.6 min	0.0%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	9	77.8%	13.1 min	0.0%
FAR–SFB	Fargo to Sanford	9	77.8%	15.1 min	0.0%
FAR–PIE	Fargo to St. Petersburg	8	75.0%	11.6 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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.8%	32.6%	3,643
Late-arriving aircraft	45.2%	39.0%	5,348
National Aviation System	10.6%	17.9%	1,255
Extreme weather	13.0%	10.3%	1,538
Security	0.5%	0.2%	54

11,838 delay minutes on 112 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 January 2024?

76.8% of 531 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.