Hector International in December 2025

67.2%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 539 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 67.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 65.5% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 4.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 602 departures with 72.9% leaving on time: a change of −5.7 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 65.4% of the time (538 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 33%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 29%.

On time 65.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 32.5%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	67.2%	72.9%	79.5%	72.0%
Arrived on time	65.5%	71.4%	77.0%	71.9%
Cancelled	2.0%	1.0%	1.7%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	31.5 min	35.5 min	18.8 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	20	19	19,410
Scheduled departures	539	602	6,893	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	200	37%	75.5%	11.1 min	2.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	163	30%	50.3%	55.2 min	3.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	74	14%	70.3%	15.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	58	11%	75.9%	0.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	6%	51.6%	38.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	13	2%	61.5%	-2.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	195	55.4%	38.0 min	4.1%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	106	52.8%	45.5 min	0.9%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	91	87.9%	2.4 min	2.2%
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	60	76.7%	-0.2 min	0.0%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	33	72.7%	6.0 min	0.0%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	19	68.4%	39.9 min	0.0%
FAR–PHX	Fargo to Phoenix	13	84.6%	-7.0 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	9	88.9%	-5.0 min	0.0%
FAR–SFB	Fargo to Sanford	8	50.0%	25.8 min	0.0%
FAR–PIE	Fargo to St. Petersburg	5	60.0%	11.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.6%	33.3%	5,677
Late-arriving aircraft	32.1%	41.1%	5,585
National Aviation System	29.1%	19.1%	5,065
Extreme weather	6.3%	6.4%	1,098
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

17,425 delay minutes on 175 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 December 2025?

67.2% of 539 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 65.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 72.9% of 602 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 67.2% and 2.0% in December 2025.

Provenance

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