Hector International in September 2024

88.4%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 558 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 88.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.2% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 4.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 486 departures with 84.2% leaving on time: a change of +4.2 points, with flights up 15%.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 85.0% of the time (559 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 86.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.6%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	88.4%	84.2%	79.5%	84.4%
Arrived on time	86.2%	83.7%	77.0%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.4%	1.7%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.5 min	12.6 min	18.8 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	16	19	19,421
Scheduled departures	558	486	6,893	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	230	41%	78.7%	3.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	149	27%	91.9%	-11.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	59	11%	96.6%	-12.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	35	6%	85.7%	-1.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	30	5%	93.3%	-9.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	5%	83.3%	-0.4 min	3.3%
9E Endeavor Air	25	4%	92.0%	-8.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	173	82.1%	-1.2 min	0.0%
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	140	87.1%	-6.0 min	0.0%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	120	84.2%	0.8 min	0.8%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	95.6%	-14.5 min	0.0%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	17	82.4%	-4.4 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	9	88.9%	-7.2 min	0.0%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	8.0 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	32.9%	38.6%	1,489
Late-arriving aircraft	42.5%	38.4%	1,922
National Aviation System	16.9%	18.2%	766
Extreme weather	7.6%	4.8%	344
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,521 delay minutes on 76 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 September 2024?

88.4% of 558 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 84.2% of 486 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 88.4% and 0.2% in September 2024.

Provenance

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