Hector International in February 2024

86.4%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 514 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 86.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.2% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 87.5% of the time (514 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and extreme weather 18%.

On time 86.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.1%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	86.4%	—	79.5%	84.0%
Arrived on time	86.2%	—	77.0%	83.4%
Cancelled	1.8%	—	1.7%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.0 min	—	18.8 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	—	19	17,307
Scheduled departures	514	—	6,893	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	187	36%	81.3%	12.9 min	3.2%
MQ Envoy Air	145	28%	86.2%	17.4 min	1.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	61	12%	88.5%	-8.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	49	10%	93.9%	-16.4 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	39	8%	89.7%	-10.4 min	2.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	33	6%	93.9%	-19.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	130	91.5%	-12.1 min	1.5%
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	116	81.9%	21.6 min	2.6%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	106	80.2%	17.5 min	2.8%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	58	87.9%	-13.5 min	1.7%
FAR–PHX	Fargo to Phoenix	29	86.2%	50.4 min	0.0%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	27	88.9%	-4.8 min	0.0%
FAR–MCO	Fargo to Orlando	14	100.0%	-29.6 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	9	100.0%	-20.7 min	0.0%
FAR–PIE	Fargo to St. Petersburg	9	77.8%	-4.2 min	0.0%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	8	87.5%	-13.2 min	0.0%
FAR–SFB	Fargo to Sanford	8	87.5%	-7.7 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	40.1%	35.9%	4,514
Late-arriving aircraft	32.7%	36.9%	3,680
National Aviation System	9.1%	21.7%	1,030
Extreme weather	18.1%	5.3%	2,037
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

11,261 delay minutes on 62 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 February 2024?

86.4% of 514 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.