Hector International in August 2024

81.4%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 576 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 81.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.1% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 6.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 517 departures with 87.8% leaving on time: a change of −6.4 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 75.3% of the time (575 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 20% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 78.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.4%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	81.4%	87.8%	79.5%	75.4%
Arrived on time	78.1%	87.4%	77.0%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.5%	1.2%	1.7%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.3 min	10.7 min	18.8 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	17	19	20,634
Scheduled departures	576	517	6,893	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	269	47%	68.0%	26.0 min	0.7%
MQ Envoy Air	154	27%	87.7%	-2.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	11%	95.2%	5.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	41	7%	87.8%	-5.7 min	2.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	31	5%	71.0%	11.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	13	2%	84.6%	5.8 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	6	1%	66.7%	10.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	153	73.9%	18.5 min	0.7%
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	147	68.7%	27.1 min	0.7%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	142	80.3%	9.7 min	0.0%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	92.5%	-8.3 min	0.0%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	19	84.2%	-2.8 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	9	77.8%	-2.6 min	11.1%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	9	100.0%	-9.8 min	0.0%
FAR–SFB	Fargo to Sanford	4	100.0%	-16.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	49.8%	33.8%	5,586
Late-arriving aircraft	19.7%	39.8%	2,208
National Aviation System	19.6%	20.4%	2,200
Extreme weather	10.8%	5.9%	1,216
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

11,210 delay minutes on 123 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 August 2024?

81.4% of 576 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 87.8% of 517 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 81.4% and 0.5% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.