Joe Foss Field in August 2024

78.2%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 542 domestic departures from Joe Foss Field (FSD). 78.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.8% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so FSD departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 514 departures with 81.5% leaving on time: a change of −3.3 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at FSD that month were on time 73.6% of the time (542 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 25% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 76.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.1%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from FSD in August 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	FSD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	78.2%	81.5%	77.7%	75.4%
Arrived on time	76.8%	80.5%	75.5%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.4%	2.0%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.3 min	20.1 min	21.5 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	17	22	20,634
Scheduled departures	542	514	8,034	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	234	43%	77.8%	3.8 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	62	11%	67.7%	33.9 min	3.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	11%	90.3%	4.1 min	1.6%
UA United Airlines	62	11%	82.3%	12.2 min	1.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	51	9%	74.5%	5.4 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	39	7%	61.5%	17.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	27	5%	66.7%	15.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	5	1%	100.0%	-1.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FSD–DEN	Sioux Falls to Denver	151	82.8%	-0.4 min	0.7%
FSD–MSP	Sioux Falls to Minneapolis	145	68.3%	13.3 min	0.7%
FSD–DFW	Sioux Falls to Dallas/Fort Worth	67	70.1%	29.8 min	3.0%
FSD–ORD	Sioux Falls to Chicago	66	83.3%	8.5 min	1.5%
FSD–ATL	Sioux Falls to Atlanta	31	96.8%	10.6 min	0.0%
FSD–PHX	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	31	71.0%	10.3 min	0.0%
FSD–AZA	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	16	62.5%	21.8 min	0.0%
FSD–BNA	Sioux Falls to Nashville	10	90.0%	-9.8 min	0.0%
FSD–LAS	Sioux Falls to Las Vegas	10	70.0%	-3.1 min	0.0%
FSD–AUS	Sioux Falls to Austin	4	75.0%	2.0 min	0.0%
FSD–LAX	Sioux Falls to Los Angeles	4	75.0%	3.0 min	0.0%
FSD–SFB	Sioux Falls to Sanford	4	75.0%	16.3 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	48.7%	33.8%	4,376
Late-arriving aircraft	25.3%	39.8%	2,275
National Aviation System	19.0%	20.4%	1,710
Extreme weather	6.9%	5.9%	617
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,978 delay minutes on 120 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 2024?

78.2% of 542 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 81.5% of 514 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 78.2% and 0.9% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; 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.