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Airport month · August 2025
Joe Foss Field in August 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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 589 domestic departures from Joe Foss Field (FSD). 74.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.4% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so FSD departures were 2.3 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 542 departures with 78.2% leaving on time: a change of −3.7 points, with flights up 9%.
Flights arriving at FSD that month were on time 69.3% of the time (589 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 31%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and extreme weather 21%.
- On time 69.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.4%
- Cancelled 1.5%
- Diverted 0.7%
August 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2025 | Aug 2024 | FSD, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 74.5% | 78.2% | 77.7% | 76.8% |
| Arrived on time | 69.4% | 76.8% | 75.5% | 76.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.5% | 0.9% | 2.0% | 1.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 31.0 min | 16.3 min | 21.5 min | 17.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 20 | 18 | 22 | 20,079 |
| Scheduled departures | 589 | 542 | 8,034 | 602,378 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 300 | 51% | 68.3% | 23.4 min | 1.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 62 | 11% | 93.5% | -8.7 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 62 | 11% | 72.6% | 9.3 min | 3.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 60 | 10% | 55.0% | 73.3 min | 1.7% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 53 | 9% | 60.4% | 58.6 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 30 | 5% | 73.3% | 12.4 min | 3.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 22 | 4% | 63.6% | 31.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSD–DEN | Sioux Falls to Denver | 185 | 68.6% | 28.1 min | 1.1% |
| FSD–ORD | Sioux Falls to Chicago | 157 | 65.0% | 20.9 min | 3.2% |
| FSD–DFW | Sioux Falls to Dallas/Fort Worth | 92 | 62.0% | 51.5 min | 2.2% |
| FSD–MSP | Sioux Falls to Minneapolis | 41 | 92.7% | -9.0 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–ATL | Sioux Falls to Atlanta | 31 | 90.3% | -6.2 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–PHX | Sioux Falls to Phoenix | 30 | 83.3% | -3.5 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–AZA | Sioux Falls to Phoenix | 19 | 57.9% | 40.8 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–BNA | Sioux Falls to Nashville | 9 | 55.6% | 41.9 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–LAS | Sioux Falls to Las Vegas | 9 | 66.7% | 6.6 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–SFB | Sioux Falls to Sanford | 7 | 57.1% | 245.7 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–PIE | Sioux Falls to St. Petersburg | 5 | 80.0% | 21.6 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–LAX | Sioux Falls to Los Angeles | 4 | 50.0% | 16.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left FSD on time in August 2025?
74.5% of 589 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2024, 78.2% of 542 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 74.5% and 1.5% in August 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.