Hector International in March 2026

77.0%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 610 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 77.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.7% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 690 departures with 80.6% leaving on time: a change of −3.6 points, with flights down 12%.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 74.1% of the time (611 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 76.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.8%
Cancelled 2.3%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	77.0%	80.6%	79.5%	72.8%
Arrived on time	76.7%	79.1%	77.0%	73.2%
Cancelled	2.3%	1.0%	1.7%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.5 min	14.0 min	18.8 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	23	19	20,403
Scheduled departures	610	690	6,893	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	206	34%	84.0%	-5.0 min	1.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	198	32%	66.2%	25.6 min	3.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	105	17%	82.9%	4.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	10%	82.3%	12.9 min	4.8%
UA United Airlines	31	5%	64.5%	16.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	8	1%	75.0%	11.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	139	69.8%	18.1 min	5.0%
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	114	83.3%	6.8 min	4.4%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	101	59.4%	23.3 min	2.0%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	86.0%	-9.4 min	0.0%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	52	90.4%	-5.8 min	0.0%
FAR–ATL	Fargo to Atlanta	31	71.0%	36.9 min	0.0%
FAR–PHX	Fargo to Phoenix	27	100.0%	-15.7 min	0.0%
FAR–PIE	Fargo to St. Petersburg	18	72.2%	9.7 min	0.0%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	17	94.1%	2.5 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	9	66.7%	33.2 min	0.0%
FAR–SFB	Fargo to Sanford	9	55.6%	24.9 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	39.6%	33.5%	4,646
Late-arriving aircraft	26.9%	39.3%	3,156
National Aviation System	22.0%	21.0%	2,581
Extreme weather	11.5%	5.9%	1,348
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

11,731 delay minutes on 127 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 March 2026?

77.0% of 610 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 80.6% of 690 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 77.0% and 2.3% in March 2026.

Provenance

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