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Airport month · January 2026
Hector International in January 2026
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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 578 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 69.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.3% reached their destination on time; 3.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 5.7 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 609 departures with 76.8% leaving on time: a change of −6.9 points, with flights down 5%.
Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 69.8% of the time (579 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 25% and extreme weather 19%.
- On time 68.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.0%
- Cancelled 3.6%
- Diverted 0.0%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 69.9% | 76.8% | 79.5% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 68.3% | 75.5% | 77.0% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 3.6% | 1.1% | 1.7% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 30.4 min | 21.9 min | 18.8 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 19 | 20 | 19 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 578 | 609 | 6,893 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQ Envoy Air | 202 | 35% | 71.8% | 15.9 min | 4.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 201 | 35% | 60.2% | 31.4 min | 6.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 72 | 12% | 80.6% | -2.5 min | 1.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 62 | 11% | 67.7% | 25.7 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 31 | 5% | 67.7% | 31.5 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 10 | 2% | 80.0% | -7.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAR–ORD | Fargo to Chicago | 144 | 62.5% | 29.4 min | 2.8% |
| FAR–MSP | Fargo to Minneapolis | 110 | 68.2% | 23.7 min | 0.9% |
| FAR–DEN | Fargo to Denver | 102 | 64.7% | 36.3 min | 2.9% |
| FAR–DFW | Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth | 92 | 73.9% | 7.4 min | 7.6% |
| FAR–AZA | Fargo to Phoenix | 39 | 84.6% | -7.0 min | 0.0% |
| FAR–PHX | Fargo to Phoenix | 31 | 80.6% | -4.4 min | 0.0% |
| FAR–ATL | Fargo to Atlanta | 27 | 48.1% | 32.7 min | 18.5% |
| FAR–SFB | Fargo to Sanford | 9 | 77.8% | -4.4 min | 0.0% |
| FAR–BNA | Fargo to Nashville | 8 | 62.5% | 9.9 min | 12.5% |
| FAR–LAS | Fargo to Las Vegas | 8 | 87.5% | -10.5 min | 0.0% |
| FAR–PIE | Fargo to St. Petersburg | 8 | 75.0% | 18.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left FAR on time in January 2026?
69.9% of 578 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 76.8% of 609 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 69.9% and 3.6% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.