Hector International in May 2026

86.1%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 611 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 86.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.1% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 9.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 566 departures with 82.3% leaving on time: a change of +3.8 points, with flights up 8%.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 79.2% 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 30% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 83.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.9%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	86.1%	82.3%	79.5%	77.1%
Arrived on time	83.1%	78.6%	77.0%	77.6%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.9%	1.7%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.9 min	16.1 min	18.8 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	19	19	20,391
Scheduled departures	611	566	6,893	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	240	39%	80.8%	1.4 min	0.4%
MQ Envoy Air	203	33%	84.7%	-2.8 min	2.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	10%	98.4%	-15.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	59	10%	76.3%	5.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	5%	77.4%	5.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	16	3%	75.0%	2.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	179	78.2%	4.6 min	1.7%
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	128	96.1%	-13.0 min	0.0%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	120	77.5%	3.3 min	0.0%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	94	87.2%	-4.2 min	2.1%
FAR–ATL	Fargo to Atlanta	31	80.6%	-3.3 min	0.0%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	27	77.8%	5.0 min	0.0%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	11	72.7%	5.5 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	9	66.7%	9.1 min	0.0%
FAR–SFB	Fargo to Sanford	9	77.8%	12.8 min	0.0%
FAR–PIE	Fargo to St. Petersburg	3	100.0%	-25.0 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	40.4%	33.0%	2,726
Late-arriving aircraft	30.4%	40.4%	2,051
National Aviation System	24.1%	20.5%	1,626
Extreme weather	5.0%	6.0%	340
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

6,743 delay minutes on 97 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 May 2026?

86.1% of 611 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 82.3% of 566 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 86.1% and 0.8% in May 2026.

Provenance

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