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Airport month · December 2024
Joe Foss Field in December 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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 662 domestic departures from Joe Foss Field (FSD). 74.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.1% reached their destination on time; 3.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so FSD departures were 3.0 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 560 departures with 82.1% leaving on time: a change of −7.3 points, with flights up 18%.
Flights arriving at FSD that month were on time 73.7% of the time (662 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and extreme weather 20%.
- On time 71.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.4%
- Cancelled 3.3%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | FSD, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 74.8% | 82.1% | 77.7% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 71.1% | 85.4% | 75.5% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 3.3% | 0.5% | 2.0% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 25.9 min | 16.7 min | 21.5 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 22 | 19 | 22 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 662 | 560 | 8,034 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 250 | 38% | 76.8% | 17.1 min | 0.4% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 96 | 15% | 69.8% | 19.0 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 86 | 13% | 55.8% | 8.7 min | 20.9% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 65 | 10% | 67.7% | 36.4 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 62 | 9% | 59.7% | 23.7 min | 3.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 52 | 8% | 78.8% | 2.8 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 25 | 4% | 88.0% | 12.4 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 13 | 2% | 76.9% | 2.4 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 13 | 2% | 76.9% | 5.3 min | 7.7% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSD–MSP | Sioux Falls to Minneapolis | 147 | 73.5% | 19.7 min | 0.7% |
| FSD–DEN | Sioux Falls to Denver | 137 | 82.5% | 13.1 min | 0.7% |
| FSD–ORD | Sioux Falls to Chicago | 131 | 65.6% | 17.0 min | 13.0% |
| FSD–DFW | Sioux Falls to Dallas/Fort Worth | 91 | 58.2% | 21.1 min | 3.3% |
| FSD–AZA | Sioux Falls to Phoenix | 32 | 75.0% | 11.4 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–ATL | Sioux Falls to Atlanta | 31 | 64.5% | 31.5 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–PHX | Sioux Falls to Phoenix | 29 | 82.8% | -8.7 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–LAS | Sioux Falls to Las Vegas | 20 | 75.0% | 41.8 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–PIE | Sioux Falls to St. Petersburg | 13 | 61.5% | -2.3 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–SFB | Sioux Falls to Sanford | 10 | 70.0% | 3.8 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–BNA | Sioux Falls to Nashville | 9 | 77.8% | 0.1 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–PGD | Sioux Falls to Punta Gorda | 8 | 62.5% | 6.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left FSD on time in December 2024?
74.8% of 662 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 82.1% of 560 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 74.8% and 3.3% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.