Hector International in November 2024

81.3%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 573 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 81.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.2% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 3.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 496 departures with 89.9% leaving on time: a change of −8.6 points, with flights up 16%.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 80.6% of the time (576 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 23% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 78.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.2%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	81.3%	89.9%	79.5%	85.2%
Arrived on time	78.2%	91.3%	77.0%	84.8%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.0%	1.7%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.7 min	7.0 min	18.8 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	17	19	19,180
Scheduled departures	573	496	6,893	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	238	42%	73.9%	16.9 min	1.3%
MQ Envoy Air	167	29%	80.2%	2.9 min	1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	57	10%	91.2%	0.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	50	9%	88.0%	-2.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	29	5%	65.5%	32.0 min	3.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	22	4%	59.1%	11.3 min	4.5%
9E Endeavor Air	10	2%	100.0%	-12.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	167	76.0%	17.6 min	0.6%
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	133	88.0%	-2.4 min	0.0%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	111	63.1%	23.3 min	4.5%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	87	79.3%	2.3 min	1.1%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	27	88.9%	-7.9 min	0.0%
FAR–PHX	Fargo to Phoenix	25	84.0%	7.3 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	10	70.0%	31.6 min	0.0%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	9	100.0%	-10.0 min	0.0%
FAR–PIE	Fargo to St. Petersburg	3	100.0%	-28.7 min	0.0%
FAR–SFB	Fargo to Sanford	1	100.0%	-1.0 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	46.3%	36.9%	4,716
Late-arriving aircraft	23.4%	35.6%	2,383
National Aviation System	15.1%	21.9%	1,540
Extreme weather	15.1%	5.4%	1,533
Security	0.1%	0.2%	12

10,184 delay minutes on 116 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 November 2024?

81.3% of 573 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 89.9% of 496 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 81.3% and 1.2% in November 2024.

Provenance

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