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Airport month · October 2024
Joe Foss Field in October 2024
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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 619 domestic departures from Joe Foss Field (FSD). 87.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.2% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so FSD departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 589 departures with 83.0% leaving on time: a change of +4.6 points, with flights up 5%.
Flights arriving at FSD that month were on time 86.8% of the time (619 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 54%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 88.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.1%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.0%
October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | FSD, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 87.6% | 83.0% | 77.7% | 85.5% |
| Arrived on time | 88.2% | 82.5% | 75.5% | 85.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 0.7% | 2.0% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 6.6 min | 12.3 min | 21.5 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 21 | 20 | 22 | 20,517 |
| Scheduled departures | 619 | 589 | 8,034 | 615,497 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 210 | 34% | 91.0% | -7.2 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 89 | 14% | 86.5% | -3.4 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 71 | 11% | 87.3% | -3.6 min | 5.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 66 | 11% | 74.2% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 62 | 10% | 93.5% | -9.0 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 62 | 10% | 91.9% | 0.2 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 31 | 5% | 77.4% | 5.5 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 28 | 5% | 100.0% | -10.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSD–DEN | Sioux Falls to Denver | 155 | 85.2% | -3.5 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–MSP | Sioux Falls to Minneapolis | 142 | 93.7% | -7.5 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–ORD | Sioux Falls to Chicago | 97 | 86.6% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–DFW | Sioux Falls to Dallas/Fort Worth | 92 | 91.3% | -11.0 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–ATL | Sioux Falls to Atlanta | 31 | 90.3% | 4.4 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–PHX | Sioux Falls to Phoenix | 31 | 74.2% | -1.1 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–AZA | Sioux Falls to Phoenix | 20 | 100.0% | -1.4 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–LAS | Sioux Falls to Las Vegas | 17 | 88.2% | 3.0 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–PGD | Sioux Falls to Punta Gorda | 9 | 88.9% | -15.0 min | 11.1% |
| FSD–SFB | Sioux Falls to Sanford | 9 | 88.9% | -10.2 min | 11.1% |
| FSD–BNA | Sioux Falls to Nashville | 8 | 75.0% | 0.4 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–PIE | Sioux Falls to St. Petersburg | 8 | 62.5% | -11.2 min | 25.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left FSD on time in October 2024?
87.6% of 619 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2023, 83.0% of 589 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 87.6% and 0.6% in October 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.