Joe Foss Field in August 2023

81.5%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 514 domestic departures from Joe Foss Field (FSD). 81.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.5% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so FSD departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FSD that month were on time 73.0% of the time (514 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 80.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.1%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from FSD in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	FSD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	81.5%	—	77.7%	76.7%
Arrived on time	80.5%	—	75.5%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	2.0%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.1 min	—	21.5 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	17	—	22	20,100
Scheduled departures	514	—	8,034	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	162	32%	87.0%	-4.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	93	18%	77.4%	17.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	63	12%	81.0%	2.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	62	12%	80.6%	35.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	12%	79.0%	18.8 min	1.6%
9E Endeavor Air	54	11%	68.5%	10.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	18	4%	77.8%	3.7 min	5.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FSD–DEN	Sioux Falls to Denver	141	80.9%	6.1 min	0.7%
FSD–MSP	Sioux Falls to Minneapolis	124	79.0%	11.2 min	0.0%
FSD–DFW	Sioux Falls to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	80.6%	35.5 min	0.0%
FSD–ORD	Sioux Falls to Chicago	62	79.0%	14.0 min	0.0%
FSD–ATL	Sioux Falls to Atlanta	31	83.9%	-1.8 min	3.2%
FSD–PHX	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	31	83.9%	-9.6 min	0.0%
FSD–BNA	Sioux Falls to Nashville	17	82.4%	0.5 min	0.0%
FSD–AZA	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	15	86.7%	1.1 min	0.0%
FSD–LAS	Sioux Falls to Las Vegas	11	81.8%	-1.9 min	0.0%
FSD–AUS	Sioux Falls to Austin	4	100.0%	-15.2 min	0.0%
FSD–LAX	Sioux Falls to Los Angeles	4	50.0%	41.3 min	0.0%
FSD–PIE	Sioux Falls to St. Petersburg	4	75.0%	5.5 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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	46.3%	36.7%	4,637
Late-arriving aircraft	40.1%	42.2%	4,014
National Aviation System	12.0%	15.7%	1,199
Extreme weather	1.6%	5.1%	158
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,008 delay minutes on 98 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 FSD on time in August 2023?

81.5% of 514 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for FSD · methodology · corrections.