Joe Foss Field in May 2025

81.1%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 668 domestic departures from Joe Foss Field (FSD). 81.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.7% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so FSD departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 572 departures with 84.1% leaving on time: a change of −3.0 points, with flights up 17%.

Flights arriving at FSD that month were on time 76.8% of the time (668 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 33%, late-arriving aircraft 25% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 75.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.8%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.6%

Every scheduled departure from FSD in May 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	FSD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	81.1%	84.1%	77.7%	76.7%
Arrived on time	75.7%	81.3%	75.5%	75.4%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.9%	2.0%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.6 min	17.1 min	21.5 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	19	22	20,188
Scheduled departures	668	572	8,034	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	275	41%	71.3%	10.0 min	1.1%
MQ Envoy Air	132	20%	82.6%	7.8 min	0.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	72	11%	83.3%	-2.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	9%	88.7%	-1.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	62	9%	74.2%	10.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	53	8%	66.0%	20.1 min	1.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	12	2%	41.7%	45.0 min	8.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FSD–DEN	Sioux Falls to Denver	164	66.5%	11.3 min	2.4%
FSD–ORD	Sioux Falls to Chicago	144	75.0%	14.4 min	0.0%
FSD–MSP	Sioux Falls to Minneapolis	133	79.7%	6.5 min	0.0%
FSD–DFW	Sioux Falls to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	73.1%	12.5 min	2.2%
FSD–ATL	Sioux Falls to Atlanta	31	83.9%	5.7 min	0.0%
FSD–PHX	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	31	93.5%	-6.7 min	0.0%
FSD–AZA	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	27	81.5%	1.6 min	0.0%
FSD–LAS	Sioux Falls to Las Vegas	13	76.9%	-2.9 min	0.0%
FSD–PIE	Sioux Falls to St. Petersburg	10	100.0%	-14.8 min	0.0%
FSD–SFB	Sioux Falls to Sanford	10	80.0%	-3.7 min	0.0%
FSD–BNA	Sioux Falls to Nashville	9	88.9%	-7.1 min	0.0%
FSD–LAX	Sioux Falls to Los Angeles	3	66.7%	22.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.9%	29.3%	3,397
Late-arriving aircraft	25.2%	37.8%	2,597
National Aviation System	23.1%	25.9%	2,384
Extreme weather	18.7%	6.9%	1,929
Security	0.1%	0.1%	9

10,316 delay minutes on 152 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 May 2025?

81.1% of 668 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 84.1% of 572 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 81.1% and 0.9% in May 2025.

Provenance

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