Hector International in October 2024

88.0%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 583 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 88.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.7% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 508 departures with 87.0% leaving on time: a change of +1.0 points, with flights up 15%.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 88.5% of the time (582 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 61%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 87.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.2%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	88.0%	87.0%	79.5%	85.5%
Arrived on time	87.7%	84.3%	77.0%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.4%	1.7%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.0 min	12.1 min	18.8 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	17	19	20,517
Scheduled departures	583	508	6,893	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	232	40%	84.9%	-3.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	142	24%	88.0%	-11.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	11%	96.8%	-14.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	52	9%	92.3%	-9.8 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	33	6%	93.9%	-14.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	31	5%	74.2%	6.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	5%	87.1%	1.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	169	82.8%	-0.9 min	0.0%
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	146	93.8%	-13.3 min	0.0%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	124	79.8%	2.5 min	0.0%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	94.6%	-19.8 min	0.0%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	29	96.6%	-16.0 min	0.0%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	14	92.9%	-12.4 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	9	77.8%	13.9 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	60.7%	42.7%	2,493
Late-arriving aircraft	24.2%	37.4%	994
National Aviation System	8.6%	16.3%	353
Extreme weather	6.4%	3.4%	264
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,104 delay minutes on 71 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 October 2024?

88.0% of 583 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 87.0% of 508 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 88.0% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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