Hector International in July 2026

81.7%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 595 domestic departures from Hector International (FAR). 81.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.8% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so FAR departures were 12.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 611 departures with 75.0% leaving on time: a change of +6.7 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at FAR that month were on time 75.3% of the time (595 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 33%, air carrier 30% and late-arriving aircraft 29%.

On time 80.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	FAR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	81.7%	75.0%	79.5%	68.8%
Arrived on time	80.8%	72.5%	77.0%	69.4%
Cancelled	1.5%	0.3%	1.7%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.5 min	24.4 min	18.8 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	20	19	21,066
Scheduled departures	595	611	6,893	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	247	42%	73.3%	15.6 min	2.0%
MQ Envoy Air	185	31%	86.5%	-6.0 min	2.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	61	10%	98.4%	-11.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	54	9%	72.2%	8.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	30	5%	86.7%	0.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	18	3%	83.3%	-2.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FAR–ORD	Fargo to Chicago	186	71.5%	15.5 min	4.8%
FAR–DEN	Fargo to Denver	140	78.6%	5.8 min	0.0%
FAR–DFW	Fargo to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	88.0%	-7.6 min	0.0%
FAR–MSP	Fargo to Minneapolis	92	96.7%	-11.9 min	0.0%
FAR–ATL	Fargo to Atlanta	31	93.5%	6.7 min	0.0%
FAR–AZA	Fargo to Phoenix	27	81.5%	3.1 min	0.0%
FAR–BNA	Fargo to Nashville	9	66.7%	29.1 min	0.0%
FAR–LAS	Fargo to Las Vegas	9	77.8%	-15.0 min	0.0%
FAR–SFB	Fargo to Sanford	9	44.4%	30.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	29.9%	31.7%	2,794
Late-arriving aircraft	28.6%	41.8%	2,671
National Aviation System	33.2%	19.9%	3,102
Extreme weather	8.2%	6.5%	768
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,335 delay minutes on 102 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 July 2026?

81.7% of 595 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 75.0% of 611 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 81.7% and 1.5% in July 2026.

Provenance

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