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Airport month · January 2025
Joe Foss Field in January 2025
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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 549 domestic departures from Joe Foss Field (FSD). 81.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.1% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so FSD departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 570 departures with 70.7% leaving on time: a change of +11.1 points, with flights down 4%.
Flights arriving at FSD that month were on time 79.4% of the time (549 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 82.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.0%
- Cancelled 1.3%
- Diverted 0.5%
January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2025 | Jan 2024 | FSD, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.8% | 70.7% | 77.7% | 79.3% |
| Arrived on time | 82.1% | 65.8% | 75.5% | 78.6% |
| Cancelled | 1.3% | 3.9% | 2.0% | 3.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.0 min | 23.4 min | 21.5 min | 14.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 18 | 19 | 22 | 17,992 |
| Scheduled departures | 549 | 570 | 8,034 | 539,747 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 169 | 31% | 85.2% | 1.4 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 123 | 22% | 86.2% | -8.7 min | 2.4% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 104 | 19% | 77.9% | -5.0 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 62 | 11% | 79.0% | 21.7 min | 3.2% |
| UA United Airlines | 55 | 10% | 80.0% | -0.1 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 13 | 2% | 69.2% | -0.8 min | 7.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 12 | 2% | 83.3% | -13.5 min | 8.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 11 | 2% | 72.7% | 7.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSD–DEN | Sioux Falls to Denver | 135 | 75.6% | 12.5 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–ORD | Sioux Falls to Chicago | 106 | 92.5% | -11.3 min | 0.9% |
| FSD–DFW | Sioux Falls to Dallas/Fort Worth | 91 | 81.3% | -6.7 min | 4.4% |
| FSD–MSP | Sioux Falls to Minneapolis | 51 | 92.2% | -2.5 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–AZA | Sioux Falls to Phoenix | 38 | 86.8% | -12.0 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–ATL | Sioux Falls to Atlanta | 31 | 67.7% | 41.3 min | 6.5% |
| FSD–PHX | Sioux Falls to Phoenix | 31 | 90.3% | -18.3 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–LAS | Sioux Falls to Las Vegas | 18 | 77.8% | -13.6 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–PIE | Sioux Falls to St. Petersburg | 12 | 75.0% | -12.2 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–BNA | Sioux Falls to Nashville | 9 | 66.7% | 33.3 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–FLL | Sioux Falls to Fort Lauderdale | 9 | 55.6% | 9.2 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–PGD | Sioux Falls to Punta Gorda | 9 | 100.0% | -17.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left FSD on time in January 2025?
81.8% of 549 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2024, 70.7% of 570 departures left on time and 3.9% were cancelled, against 81.8% and 1.3% in January 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.