Hector International in January 2025

76.8%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 609 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 76.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.5% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 2.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 531 departures with 76.8% leaving on time: a change of 0.0 points, with flights up 15%.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 75.2% of the time (610 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 34%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 75.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.0%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from FAR in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	76.8%	76.8%	79.5%	79.3%
Arrived on time	75.5%	75.7%	77.0%	78.6%
Cancelled	1.1%	3.2%	1.7%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.9 min	23.9 min	18.8 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	18	19	17,992
Scheduled departures	609	531	6,893	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	246	40%	72.8%	11.2 min	0.8%
MQ Envoy Air	186	31%	74.2%	16.5 min	1.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	76	12%	77.6%	-0.8 min	1.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	10%	91.7%	-6.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	5%	67.7%	8.1 min	3.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	10	2%	80.0%	-5.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	154	66.2%	21.4 min	1.3%
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	149	86.6%	-2.9 min	0.0%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	106	70.8%	6.1 min	0.9%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	73.1%	21.2 min	3.2%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	39	79.5%	-6.9 min	2.6%
FAR–PHX	Fargo to Phoenix	31	87.1%	6.2 min	0.0%
FAR–SFB	Fargo to Sanford	10	80.0%	-12.3 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	9	55.6%	66.3 min	0.0%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	-23.7 min	0.0%
FAR–PIE	Fargo to St. Petersburg	9	77.8%	-6.3 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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.9%	36.2%	4,159
Late-arriving aircraft	34.3%	34.7%	4,333
National Aviation System	16.9%	19.9%	2,137
Extreme weather	15.7%	9.1%	1,987
Security	0.3%	0.2%	34

12,650 delay minutes on 140 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 January 2025?

76.8% of 609 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 76.8% of 531 departures left on time and 3.2% were cancelled, against 76.8% and 1.1% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.