Joe Foss Field in September 2024

87.4%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 548 domestic departures from Joe Foss Field (FSD). 87.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.7% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so FSD departures were 3.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 563 departures with 85.4% leaving on time: a change of +2.0 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at FSD that month were on time 86.3% of the time (548 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and extreme weather 13%.

On time 86.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.3%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	FSD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	87.4%	85.4%	77.7%	84.4%
Arrived on time	86.7%	87.6%	75.5%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.4%	2.0%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.2 min	10.0 min	21.5 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	19	22	19,421
Scheduled departures	548	563	8,034	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	226	41%	85.4%	-5.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	65	12%	92.3%	-7.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	60	11%	80.0%	9.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	11%	93.3%	-6.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	44	8%	75.0%	1.9 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	32	6%	87.5%	-3.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	32	6%	96.9%	-12.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	29	5%	89.7%	-2.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FSD–DEN	Sioux Falls to Denver	149	89.3%	-5.3 min	0.0%
FSD–MSP	Sioux Falls to Minneapolis	139	84.2%	-4.2 min	0.0%
FSD–DFW	Sioux Falls to Dallas/Fort Worth	87	73.6%	10.4 min	0.0%
FSD–ORD	Sioux Falls to Chicago	82	96.3%	-12.2 min	0.0%
FSD–ATL	Sioux Falls to Atlanta	30	93.3%	-5.4 min	0.0%
FSD–PHX	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	29	79.3%	-0.2 min	0.0%
FSD–AZA	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	14	92.9%	-10.6 min	0.0%
FSD–BNA	Sioux Falls to Nashville	9	100.0%	-9.6 min	0.0%
FSD–LAS	Sioux Falls to Las Vegas	9	100.0%	-17.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	46.9%	38.6%	1,608
Late-arriving aircraft	26.4%	38.4%	905
National Aviation System	13.0%	18.2%	444
Extreme weather	13.3%	4.8%	457
Security	0.3%	0.1%	11

3,425 delay minutes on 73 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 2024?

87.4% of 548 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 85.4% of 563 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 87.4% and 0.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

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