Hector International in April 2026

80.3%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 608 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 80.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.0% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 589 departures with 81.0% leaving on time: a change of −0.7 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 81.9% of the time (607 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 35%, air carrier 24% and late-arriving aircraft 21%.

On time 77.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.1%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	80.3%	81.0%	79.5%	79.1%
Arrived on time	77.0%	72.7%	77.0%	78.9%
Cancelled	2.6%	0.8%	1.7%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.9 min	15.8 min	18.8 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	20	19	19,931
Scheduled departures	608	589	6,893	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	224	37%	73.7%	26.7 min	3.6%
MQ Envoy Air	206	34%	78.6%	7.2 min	3.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	75	12%	73.3%	4.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	10%	86.7%	9.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	5%	80.0%	16.1 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	13	2%	76.9%	-1.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	174	65.5%	42.1 min	5.7%
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	131	88.5%	-1.7 min	0.8%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	102	73.5%	10.3 min	2.9%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	86.7%	-0.5 min	2.2%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	34	64.7%	12.3 min	0.0%
FAR–ATL	Fargo to Atlanta	30	80.0%	22.7 min	0.0%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	14	78.6%	-14.1 min	0.0%
FAR–PIE	Fargo to St. Petersburg	10	80.0%	3.7 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	9	100.0%	-11.3 min	0.0%
FAR–SFB	Fargo to Sanford	8	62.5%	23.3 min	0.0%
FAR–PHX	Fargo to Phoenix	6	100.0%	-6.3 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	23.8%	33.5%	3,463
Late-arriving aircraft	21.2%	40.4%	3,089
National Aviation System	34.5%	21.0%	5,023
Extreme weather	20.4%	5.0%	2,965
Security	0.0%	0.1%	7

14,547 delay minutes on 122 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 April 2026?

80.3% of 608 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 81.0% of 589 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 80.3% and 2.6% in April 2026.

Provenance

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