Joe Foss Field in September 2023

85.4%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 563 domestic departures from Joe Foss Field (FSD). 85.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.6% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so FSD departures were 4.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FSD that month were on time 83.1% of the time (563 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and extreme weather 15%.

On time 87.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.1%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	FSD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	85.4%	—	77.7%	80.5%
Arrived on time	87.6%	—	75.5%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	2.0%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.0 min	—	21.5 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	—	22	18,978
Scheduled departures	563	—	8,034	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	192	34%	91.1%	-8.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	88	16%	86.4%	-0.8 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	81	14%	84.0%	10.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	69	12%	87.0%	7.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	11%	90.0%	2.0 min	1.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	40	7%	75.0%	7.1 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	19	3%	84.2%	2.5 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	10	2%	100.0%	-11.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	4	1%	100.0%	-6.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FSD–DEN	Sioux Falls to Denver	137	89.8%	-7.4 min	0.0%
FSD–MSP	Sioux Falls to Minneapolis	118	91.5%	-3.0 min	0.8%
FSD–ORD	Sioux Falls to Chicago	103	85.4%	7.5 min	1.0%
FSD–DFW	Sioux Falls to Dallas/Fort Worth	81	80.2%	7.1 min	0.0%
FSD–ATL	Sioux Falls to Atlanta	30	96.7%	-6.5 min	0.0%
FSD–PHX	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	29	93.1%	-7.6 min	0.0%
FSD–CLT	Sioux Falls to Charlotte	25	92.0%	8.0 min	0.0%
FSD–BNA	Sioux Falls to Nashville	18	72.2%	7.9 min	0.0%
FSD–AZA	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	14	85.7%	2.1 min	0.0%
FSD–LAS	Sioux Falls to Las Vegas	8	62.5%	13.9 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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	35.1%	36.4%	1,695
Late-arriving aircraft	34.7%	38.3%	1,679
National Aviation System	14.8%	19.9%	716
Extreme weather	15.4%	5.1%	743
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,833 delay minutes on 68 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 September 2023?

85.4% of 563 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.