Hector International in May 2024

82.1%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 542 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 82.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.4% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 8.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 72.3% of the time (541 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 80.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.1%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	82.1%	—	79.5%	73.4%
Arrived on time	80.4%	—	77.0%	72.3%
Cancelled	0.7%	—	1.7%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.3 min	—	18.8 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	—	19	20,325
Scheduled departures	542	—	6,893	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	242	45%	78.5%	9.2 min	1.2%
MQ Envoy Air	119	22%	75.6%	9.7 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	70	13%	92.9%	-0.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	58	11%	84.5%	-0.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	31	6%	80.6%	3.0 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	22	4%	77.3%	3.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	150	88.7%	-0.7 min	0.0%
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	147	74.1%	18.8 min	1.4%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	125	78.4%	3.6 min	0.8%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	75.8%	7.4 min	1.6%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	31	96.8%	-18.8 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	9	55.6%	57.6 min	0.0%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	-3.2 min	0.0%
FAR–SFB	Fargo to Sanford	9	66.7%	6.4 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.1%	29.8%	2,501
Late-arriving aircraft	39.4%	43.0%	3,171
National Aviation System	16.5%	20.1%	1,325
Extreme weather	13.1%	7.0%	1,055
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,052 delay minutes on 98 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 May 2024?

82.1% of 542 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.