Hector International in May 2025

82.3%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 566 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 82.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 5.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 542 departures with 82.1% leaving on time: a change of +0.2 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 81.7% of the time (568 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 78.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	82.3%	82.1%	79.5%	76.7%
Arrived on time	78.6%	80.4%	77.0%	75.4%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.7%	1.7%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.1 min	15.3 min	18.8 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	18	19	20,188
Scheduled departures	566	542	6,893	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	222	39%	76.6%	11.7 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	185	33%	78.4%	8.6 min	1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	11%	85.5%	-2.8 min	1.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	54	10%	92.6%	-5.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	5%	67.7%	14.6 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	12	2%	50.0%	30.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	200	77.5%	12.5 min	1.0%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	130	68.5%	15.5 min	0.0%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	78.5%	7.8 min	2.2%
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	89	87.6%	-4.6 min	1.1%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	27	96.3%	-10.4 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	9	88.9%	-15.7 min	0.0%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	-10.4 min	0.0%
FAR–SFB	Fargo to Sanford	9	88.9%	23.1 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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	36.6%	29.3%	3,479
Late-arriving aircraft	33.3%	37.8%	3,166
National Aviation System	20.2%	25.9%	1,921
Extreme weather	9.8%	6.9%	935
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,501 delay minutes on 112 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 May 2025?

82.3% of 566 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 82.1% of 542 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 82.3% and 0.9% in May 2025.

Provenance

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