Hector International in December 2024

72.9%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 602 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 72.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.4% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 4.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 538 departures with 80.3% leaving on time: a change of −7.4 points, with flights up 12%.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 74.8% of the time (599 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 34% and extreme weather 21%.

On time 71.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.2%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	72.9%	80.3%	79.5%	77.8%
Arrived on time	71.4%	84.0%	77.0%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.0%	2.4%	1.7%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	35.5 min	28.1 min	18.8 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	18	19	19,686
Scheduled departures	602	538	6,893	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	247	41%	65.2%	40.3 min	1.6%
MQ Envoy Air	171	28%	73.1%	12.2 min	1.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	82	14%	70.7%	31.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	10%	88.3%	8.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	5%	83.9%	30.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	11	2%	63.6%	70.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	151	68.9%	38.9 min	2.0%
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	148	74.3%	18.0 min	0.0%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	105	70.5%	41.9 min	1.9%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	67.4%	15.6 min	0.0%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	33	66.7%	56.5 min	0.0%
FAR–PHX	Fargo to Phoenix	24	91.7%	-5.0 min	4.2%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	17	64.7%	41.3 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	11	90.9%	-9.6 min	0.0%
FAR–SFB	Fargo to Sanford	11	63.6%	16.8 min	0.0%
FAR–PIE	Fargo to St. Petersburg	10	80.0%	-9.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.8%	34.3%	7,134
Late-arriving aircraft	35.8%	40.2%	7,552
National Aviation System	9.9%	17.8%	2,085
Extreme weather	20.5%	7.5%	4,319
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

21,090 delay minutes on 164 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 December 2024?

72.9% of 602 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 80.3% of 538 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 72.9% and 1.0% in December 2024.

Provenance

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