Hector International in September 2025

87.5%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 576 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 87.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.3% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 558 departures with 88.4% leaving on time: a change of −0.9 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 85.2% of the time (575 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, national aviation system 28% and late-arriving aircraft 19%.

On time 82.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.8%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	87.5%	88.4%	79.5%	83.1%
Arrived on time	82.3%	86.2%	77.0%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.2%	1.7%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.0 min	8.5 min	18.8 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	19	19	18,748
Scheduled departures	576	558	6,893	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	263	46%	80.2%	6.2 min	0.4%
MQ Envoy Air	172	30%	80.2%	2.9 min	1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	10%	91.7%	-4.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	34	6%	76.5%	-5.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	5%	96.7%	0.5 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	17	3%	88.2%	-13.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	188	80.3%	7.4 min	1.1%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	133	83.5%	5.5 min	0.0%
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	131	84.7%	-1.2 min	0.0%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	83.3%	-3.4 min	1.1%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	17	76.5%	-0.8 min	0.0%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	9	55.6%	-2.2 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	8	100.0%	-19.1 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	44.8%	34.3%	3,062
Late-arriving aircraft	18.5%	37.4%	1,264
National Aviation System	27.6%	22.6%	1,883
Extreme weather	9.1%	5.6%	625
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,834 delay minutes on 97 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 September 2025?

87.5% of 576 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 88.4% of 558 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 87.5% and 0.5% in September 2025.

Provenance

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