On-Time Report

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Airport month · November 2025

Joe Foss Field in November 2025

75.5%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 654 domestic departures from Joe Foss Field (FSD). 75.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.3% reached their destination on time; 5.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so FSD departures were 2.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 611 departures with 82.8% leaving on time: a change of −7.3 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at FSD that month were on time 73.2% of the time (654 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 33%, national aviation system 27% and late-arriving aircraft 24%.

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

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

MeasureNov 2025Nov 2024FSD, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time75.5%82.8%77.7%78.1%
Arrived on time71.3%79.2%75.5%77.3%
Cancelled5.0%0.7%2.0%2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)19.7 min15.9 min21.5 min15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day22202219,018
Scheduled departures6546118,034570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines30246%71.9%10.8 min7.0%
MQ Envoy Air8713%71.3%3.0 min4.6%
G4 Allegiant Air7511%65.3%20.4 min1.3%
DL Delta Air Lines609%76.7%13.5 min1.7%
UA United Airlines599%74.6%14.5 min5.1%
AA American Airlines579%63.2%19.5 min5.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines142%85.7%1.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
FSD–ORDSioux Falls to Chicago15861.4%24.1 min9.5%
FSD–DENSioux Falls to Denver13181.7%-1.0 min2.3%
FSD–MSPSioux Falls to Minneapolis11680.2%7.2 min5.2%
FSD–DFWSioux Falls to Dallas/Fort Worth8765.5%14.0 min5.7%
FSD–PHXSioux Falls to Phoenix5771.9%2.6 min3.5%
FSD–ATLSioux Falls to Atlanta3073.3%19.0 min3.3%
FSD–AZASioux Falls to Phoenix2770.4%22.9 min0.0%
FSD–LASSioux Falls to Las Vegas1758.8%3.9 min5.9%
FSD–BNASioux Falls to Nashville977.8%29.1 min0.0%
FSD–PIESioux Falls to St. Petersburg977.8%12.2 min0.0%
FSD–SFBSioux Falls to Sanford944.4%24.7 min0.0%
FSD–PGDSioux Falls to Punta Gorda450.0%58.3 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Nov 2025Minutes
Air carrier32.9%30.2%4,424
Late-arriving aircraft23.8%38.3%3,197
National Aviation System26.7%26.7%3,599
Extreme weather16.5%4.6%2,225
Security0.1%0.1%11
13,456 delay minutes on 153 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left FSD on time in November 2025?

75.5% of 654 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 82.8% of 611 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 75.5% and 5.0% in November 2025.

Provenance

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