Joe Foss Field in July 2025

69.1%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 645 domestic departures from Joe Foss Field (FSD). 69.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 64.7% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so FSD departures were 0.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 556 departures with 71.6% leaving on time: a change of −2.5 points, with flights up 16%.

Flights arriving at FSD that month were on time 64.3% of the time (645 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 64.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 32.9%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	FSD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	69.1%	71.6%	77.7%	69.7%
Arrived on time	64.7%	70.0%	75.5%	69.0%
Cancelled	1.7%	3.1%	2.0%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	31.3 min	23.7 min	21.5 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	19	22	21,048
Scheduled departures	645	556	8,034	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	335	52%	63.6%	32.4 min	3.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	80	12%	61.3%	35.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	63	10%	85.7%	7.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	61	9%	59.0%	24.0 min	1.6%
AA American Airlines	57	9%	57.9%	21.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	27	4%	66.7%	8.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	22	3%	63.6%	18.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FSD–DEN	Sioux Falls to Denver	197	62.4%	27.7 min	2.0%
FSD–ORD	Sioux Falls to Chicago	154	55.2%	39.0 min	3.9%
FSD–DFW	Sioux Falls to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	63.0%	15.8 min	1.1%
FSD–MSP	Sioux Falls to Minneapolis	61	83.6%	10.2 min	0.0%
FSD–ATL	Sioux Falls to Atlanta	31	90.3%	-4.3 min	0.0%
FSD–PHX	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	30	76.7%	42.4 min	0.0%
FSD–AZA	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	24	58.3%	17.8 min	0.0%
FSD–LAS	Sioux Falls to Las Vegas	16	93.8%	-10.8 min	0.0%
FSD–SFB	Sioux Falls to Sanford	14	50.0%	57.6 min	0.0%
FSD–BNA	Sioux Falls to Nashville	9	66.7%	130.0 min	0.0%
FSD–PIE	Sioux Falls to St. Petersburg	9	66.7%	24.9 min	0.0%
FSD–LAX	Sioux Falls to Los Angeles	8	12.5%	47.8 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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	44.1%	31.1%	9,075
Late-arriving aircraft	25.7%	40.8%	5,296
National Aviation System	17.8%	20.7%	3,666
Extreme weather	12.4%	7.3%	2,561
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

20,598 delay minutes on 212 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 July 2025?

69.1% of 645 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 64.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 71.6% of 556 departures left on time and 3.1% were cancelled, against 69.1% and 1.7% in July 2025.

Provenance

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