Hector International in August 2025

79.0%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 628 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 79.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.5% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 2.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 576 departures with 81.4% leaving on time: a change of −2.4 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 74.2% of the time (629 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 37%, air carrier 34% and late-arriving aircraft 22%.

On time 75.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.6%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	79.0%	81.4%	79.5%	76.8%
Arrived on time	75.5%	78.1%	77.0%	76.3%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.5%	1.7%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.3 min	18.3 min	18.8 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	19	19	20,079
Scheduled departures	628	576	6,893	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	298	47%	72.5%	20.4 min	0.7%
MQ Envoy Air	175	28%	77.1%	9.5 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	10%	95.2%	-12.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	40	6%	77.5%	1.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	5%	58.1%	28.8 min	3.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	22	4%	68.2%	4.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	194	72.2%	24.7 min	1.0%
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	155	85.2%	-3.6 min	0.0%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	146	68.5%	18.4 min	1.4%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	76.3%	11.9 min	0.0%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	18	77.8%	-2.6 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	9	77.8%	10.3 min	0.0%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	9	77.8%	-5.9 min	0.0%
FAR–SFB	Fargo to Sanford	4	75.0%	18.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	33.7%	33.1%	4,215
Late-arriving aircraft	21.9%	40.5%	2,740
National Aviation System	37.0%	19.2%	4,626
Extreme weather	7.4%	7.0%	927
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

12,508 delay minutes on 148 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 August 2025?

79.0% of 628 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 81.4% of 576 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 79.0% and 0.6% in August 2025.

Provenance

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