Joe Foss Field in November 2023

85.1%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 538 domestic departures from Joe Foss Field (FSD). 85.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so FSD departures were 0.9 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FSD that month were on time 87.9% of the time (538 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 85.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.9%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	FSD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	85.1%	—	77.7%	86.0%
Arrived on time	85.1%	—	75.5%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.0%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.1 min	—	21.5 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	—	22	18,793
Scheduled departures	538	—	8,034	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	173	32%	89.0%	-5.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	62	12%	88.7%	-6.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	59	11%	84.7%	-0.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	59	11%	84.7%	-1.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	59	11%	71.2%	7.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	45	8%	82.2%	-0.3 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	28	5%	89.3%	-3.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	28	5%	82.1%	9.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	24	4%	87.5%	-11.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	1	0%	100.0%	-10.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FSD–ORD	Sioux Falls to Chicago	132	85.6%	-1.4 min	0.0%
FSD–MSP	Sioux Falls to Minneapolis	114	89.5%	-5.4 min	0.0%
FSD–DEN	Sioux Falls to Denver	112	80.4%	-2.7 min	0.0%
FSD–DFW	Sioux Falls to Dallas/Fort Worth	59	88.1%	-5.9 min	0.0%
FSD–ATL	Sioux Falls to Atlanta	29	79.3%	5.7 min	0.0%
FSD–PHX	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	29	82.8%	11.7 min	0.0%
FSD–AZA	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	20	85.0%	-7.8 min	0.0%
FSD–BNA	Sioux Falls to Nashville	12	83.3%	0.6 min	0.0%
FSD–LAS	Sioux Falls to Las Vegas	11	81.8%	-6.3 min	0.0%
FSD–SFB	Sioux Falls to Sanford	9	88.9%	17.9 min	0.0%
FSD–AUS	Sioux Falls to Austin	4	75.0%	6.8 min	0.0%
FSD–CLT	Sioux Falls to Charlotte	4	100.0%	-10.2 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	44.1%	42.5%	2,055
Late-arriving aircraft	33.8%	37.3%	1,573
National Aviation System	18.3%	16.2%	853
Extreme weather	3.8%	3.7%	175
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

4,656 delay minutes on 80 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 November 2023?

85.1% of 538 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.