Hector International in February 2026

79.2%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 547 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 79.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.8% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 568 departures with 79.8% leaving on time: a change of −0.6 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 75.9% of the time (548 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 74.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.1%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from FAR in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	79.2%	79.8%	79.5%	78.1%
Arrived on time	74.8%	78.0%	77.0%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.4%	1.7%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.7 min	21.7 min	18.8 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	19	19	17,168
Scheduled departures	547	568	6,893	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	209	38%	70.3%	15.8 min	1.0%
MQ Envoy Air	161	29%	79.5%	-2.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	82	15%	76.8%	10.1 min	1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	56	10%	83.9%	5.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	28	5%	50.0%	25.3 min	3.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	11	2%	90.9%	-16.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	133	70.7%	19.1 min	0.0%
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	101	79.2%	3.3 min	0.0%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	95	62.1%	19.0 min	2.1%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	83	85.5%	-9.9 min	0.0%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	42	81.0%	17.0 min	0.0%
FAR–ATL	Fargo to Atlanta	28	75.0%	0.1 min	3.6%
FAR–PHX	Fargo to Phoenix	25	84.0%	-7.0 min	0.0%
FAR–PIE	Fargo to St. Petersburg	13	69.2%	-2.4 min	7.7%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	11	81.8%	-11.8 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	8	87.5%	1.6 min	0.0%
FAR–SFB	Fargo to Sanford	8	50.0%	31.0 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	35.9%	38.2%	3,693
Late-arriving aircraft	30.3%	37.2%	3,117
National Aviation System	24.7%	18.5%	2,542
Extreme weather	9.0%	6.0%	930
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,282 delay minutes on 132 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 February 2026?

79.2% of 547 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 79.8% of 568 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 79.2% and 0.7% in February 2026.

Provenance

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