Hector International in April 2025

81.0%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 589 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 81.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.7% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so FAR departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 532 departures with 89.7% leaving on time: a change of −8.7 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 82.6% of the time (587 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 45%, air carrier 24% and late-arriving aircraft 22%.

On time 72.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.0%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	81.0%	89.7%	79.5%	80.6%
Arrived on time	72.7%	88.7%	77.0%	79.5%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.4%	1.7%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.8 min	7.7 min	18.8 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	18	19	19,465
Scheduled departures	589	532	6,893	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	211	36%	64.5%	21.4 min	0.9%
MQ Envoy Air	184	31%	71.7%	8.0 min	1.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	86	15%	89.5%	-5.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	10%	80.0%	1.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	5%	76.7%	1.5 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	18	3%	66.7%	15.2 min	5.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	196	69.9%	16.7 min	1.0%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	105	61.9%	19.5 min	1.9%
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	103	75.7%	5.0 min	0.0%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	71.1%	6.1 min	1.1%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	39	82.1%	-3.4 min	0.0%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	16	93.8%	-0.9 min	0.0%
FAR–PIE	Fargo to St. Petersburg	15	100.0%	-24.3 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	8	100.0%	-25.5 min	0.0%
FAR–SFB	Fargo to Sanford	8	87.5%	26.0 min	0.0%
FAR–PHX	Fargo to Phoenix	4	75.0%	5.3 min	0.0%
FAR–MCO	Fargo to Orlando	3	100.0%	-1.3 min	0.0%
FAR–ATL	Fargo to Atlanta	2	50.0%	-2.5 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	24.2%	32.7%	2,604
Late-arriving aircraft	22.0%	39.4%	2,361
National Aviation System	44.7%	22.2%	4,807
Extreme weather	9.1%	5.5%	974
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,746 delay minutes on 153 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 April 2025?

81.0% of 589 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 89.7% of 532 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 81.0% and 0.8% in April 2025.

Provenance

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