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Airport month · December 2025
Joe Foss Field in December 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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 687 domestic departures from Joe Foss Field (FSD). 62.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 58.4% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so FSD departures were 9.7 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 662 departures with 74.8% leaving on time: a change of −12.5 points, with flights up 4%.
Flights arriving at FSD that month were on time 60.4% of the time (687 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 58.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 39.0%
- Cancelled 2.3%
- Diverted 0.3%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | FSD, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 62.3% | 74.8% | 77.7% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 58.4% | 71.1% | 75.5% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 2.3% | 3.3% | 2.0% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 42.3 min | 25.9 min | 21.5 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 23 | 22 | 22 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 687 | 662 | 8,034 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 269 | 39% | 49.4% | 57.3 min | 4.8% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 102 | 15% | 59.8% | 32.0 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 98 | 14% | 71.4% | 18.3 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 62 | 9% | 67.7% | 38.9 min | 1.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 60 | 9% | 73.3% | 23.2 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 49 | 7% | 53.1% | 30.0 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 38 | 6% | 55.3% | 16.3 min | 5.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 9 | 1% | 44.4% | 64.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSD–ORD | Sioux Falls to Chicago | 186 | 43.0% | 65.7 min | 4.8% |
| FSD–DEN | Sioux Falls to Denver | 132 | 62.9% | 28.5 min | 3.8% |
| FSD–DFW | Sioux Falls to Dallas/Fort Worth | 91 | 73.6% | 16.7 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–MSP | Sioux Falls to Minneapolis | 87 | 54.0% | 42.6 min | 1.1% |
| FSD–PHX | Sioux Falls to Phoenix | 58 | 72.4% | 25.9 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–AZA | Sioux Falls to Phoenix | 35 | 60.0% | 59.1 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–ATL | Sioux Falls to Atlanta | 31 | 67.7% | 31.7 min | 3.2% |
| FSD–LAS | Sioux Falls to Las Vegas | 22 | 59.1% | 20.8 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–PIE | Sioux Falls to St. Petersburg | 13 | 76.9% | 11.2 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–SFB | Sioux Falls to Sanford | 11 | 45.5% | 22.8 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–PGD | Sioux Falls to Punta Gorda | 9 | 55.6% | 8.1 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–BNA | Sioux Falls to Nashville | 8 | 62.5% | 13.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left FSD on time in December 2025?
62.3% of 687 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 58.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 74.8% of 662 departures left on time and 3.3% were cancelled, against 62.3% and 2.3% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.