Hector International in February 2025

79.8%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 568 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 79.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.0% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 514 departures with 86.4% leaving on time: a change of −6.6 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 75.9% of the time (568 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 78.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.7%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	79.8%	86.4%	79.5%	79.2%
Arrived on time	78.0%	86.2%	77.0%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.4%	1.8%	1.7%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.7 min	23.0 min	18.8 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	17	19	16,830
Scheduled departures	568	514	6,893	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	222	39%	74.8%	22.3 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	168	30%	76.2%	2.9 min	0.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	84	15%	85.7%	-1.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	56	10%	83.9%	3.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	28	5%	75.0%	10.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	10	2%	90.0%	-9.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	140	70.7%	21.0 min	0.7%
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	134	83.6%	8.1 min	0.0%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	96	72.9%	21.9 min	0.0%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	84	79.8%	-4.6 min	1.2%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	43	90.7%	-6.7 min	0.0%
FAR–PHX	Fargo to Phoenix	28	75.0%	4.7 min	0.0%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	13	84.6%	-10.6 min	0.0%
FAR–PIE	Fargo to St. Petersburg	12	66.7%	29.8 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	8	87.5%	1.3 min	0.0%
FAR–SFB	Fargo to Sanford	8	87.5%	-11.2 min	0.0%
FAR–MCO	Fargo to Orlando	2	100.0%	-27.5 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	42.4%	33.9%	4,985
Late-arriving aircraft	33.6%	36.9%	3,944
National Aviation System	14.6%	22.5%	1,720
Extreme weather	9.3%	6.6%	1,091
Security	0.1%	0.1%	7

11,747 delay minutes on 123 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 February 2025?

79.8% of 568 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 86.4% of 514 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 79.8% and 0.4% in February 2025.

Provenance

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