Joe Foss Field in December 2023

82.1%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 560 domestic departures from Joe Foss Field (FSD). 82.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.4% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so FSD departures were 1.0 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FSD that month were on time 85.5% of the time (560 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 23% and extreme weather 21%.

On time 85.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.1%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	FSD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	82.1%	—	77.7%	83.1%
Arrived on time	85.4%	—	75.5%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	2.0%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.7 min	—	21.5 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	—	22	19,013
Scheduled departures	560	—	8,034	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	207	37%	86.5%	1.8 min	1.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	81	14%	82.7%	-5.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	66	12%	86.4%	10.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	11%	87.1%	15.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	41	7%	97.6%	-12.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	40	7%	72.5%	4.3 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	37	7%	91.9%	-21.4 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	18	3%	72.2%	-5.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	8	1%	62.5%	12.6 min	12.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FSD–DEN	Sioux Falls to Denver	121	77.7%	0.8 min	0.8%
FSD–MSP	Sioux Falls to Minneapolis	119	89.1%	-3.9 min	0.8%
FSD–ORD	Sioux Falls to Chicago	115	89.6%	6.5 min	0.9%
FSD–DFW	Sioux Falls to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	85.5%	13.1 min	0.0%
FSD–ATL	Sioux Falls to Atlanta	31	87.1%	5.1 min	0.0%
FSD–PHX	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	31	90.3%	-14.6 min	0.0%
FSD–AZA	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	28	82.1%	-11.9 min	0.0%
FSD–LAS	Sioux Falls to Las Vegas	18	88.9%	-15.7 min	0.0%
FSD–BNA	Sioux Falls to Nashville	11	90.9%	-11.1 min	0.0%
FSD–PIE	Sioux Falls to St. Petersburg	9	77.8%	18.4 min	0.0%
FSD–SFB	Sioux Falls to Sanford	9	66.7%	4.8 min	0.0%
FSD–AUS	Sioux Falls to Austin	3	100.0%	-13.7 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	44.8%	37.1%	3,534
Late-arriving aircraft	22.6%	38.8%	1,784
National Aviation System	11.5%	17.6%	908
Extreme weather	21.1%	6.2%	1,664
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

7,890 delay minutes on 79 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 December 2023?

82.1% of 560 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.