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Airport month · February 2025
Joe Foss Field in February 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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 519 domestic departures from Joe Foss Field (FSD). 79.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.0% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so FSD departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 578 departures with 83.4% leaving on time: a change of −3.6 points, with flights down 10%.
Flights arriving at FSD that month were on time 77.8% of the time (519 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, national aviation system 27% and late-arriving aircraft 18%.
- On time 75.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.5%
- Cancelled 0.4%
- Diverted 0.2%
February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Feb 2025 | Feb 2024 | FSD, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.8% | 83.4% | 77.7% | 79.2% |
| Arrived on time | 75.0% | 83.9% | 75.5% | 77.9% |
| Cancelled | 0.4% | 0.7% | 2.0% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 13.4 min | 14.4 min | 21.5 min | 15.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 17 | 19 | 22 | 16,830 |
| Scheduled departures | 519 | 578 | 8,034 | 504,884 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 159 | 31% | 77.4% | 1.2 min | 0.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 117 | 23% | 80.3% | -3.0 min | 0.9% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 108 | 21% | 74.1% | 3.7 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 56 | 11% | 64.3% | 15.6 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 56 | 11% | 67.9% | 22.2 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 15 | 3% | 80.0% | 7.3 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 8 | 2% | 75.0% | 0.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSD–DEN | Sioux Falls to Denver | 118 | 71.2% | 7.2 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–ORD | Sioux Falls to Chicago | 103 | 81.6% | 2.3 min | 1.0% |
| FSD–DFW | Sioux Falls to Dallas/Fort Worth | 84 | 76.2% | -0.4 min | 1.2% |
| FSD–MSP | Sioux Falls to Minneapolis | 50 | 80.0% | 4.1 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–AZA | Sioux Falls to Phoenix | 43 | 67.4% | 7.7 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–ATL | Sioux Falls to Atlanta | 28 | 50.0% | 27.2 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–PHX | Sioux Falls to Phoenix | 28 | 82.1% | 1.7 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–PIE | Sioux Falls to St. Petersburg | 16 | 75.0% | -3.1 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–LAS | Sioux Falls to Las Vegas | 14 | 85.7% | -1.6 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–SFB | Sioux Falls to Sanford | 10 | 70.0% | 17.9 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–PGD | Sioux Falls to Punta Gorda | 9 | 55.6% | 11.3 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–BNA | Sioux Falls to Nashville | 8 | 87.5% | -8.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left FSD on time in February 2025?
79.8% of 519 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In February 2024, 83.4% of 578 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 79.8% and 0.4% in February 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 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.