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Airport month · January 2026
Joe Foss Field in January 2026
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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 612 domestic departures from Joe Foss Field (FSD). 79.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.2% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so FSD departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 549 departures with 81.8% leaving on time: a change of −1.9 points, with flights up 11%.
Flights arriving at FSD that month were on time 74.4% of the time (613 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 23% and extreme weather 14%.
- On time 79.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.8%
- Cancelled 1.8%
- Diverted 0.2%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | FSD, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 79.9% | 81.8% | 77.7% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 79.2% | 82.1% | 75.5% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 1.8% | 1.3% | 2.0% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 20.9 min | 17.0 min | 21.5 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 20 | 18 | 22 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 612 | 549 | 8,034 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 193 | 32% | 78.2% | 16.6 min | 0.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 147 | 24% | 81.6% | -4.8 min | 3.4% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 101 | 17% | 79.2% | 13.8 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 62 | 10% | 88.7% | -3.5 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 57 | 9% | 73.7% | 7.4 min | 1.8% |
| AA American Airlines | 25 | 4% | 64.0% | 22.8 min | 16.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 21 | 3% | 71.4% | 7.9 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 6 | 1% | 100.0% | -14.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FSD–DEN | Sioux Falls to Denver | 130 | 86.2% | -0.7 min | 0.8% |
| FSD–ORD | Sioux Falls to Chicago | 120 | 65.0% | 29.6 min | 1.7% |
| FSD–DFW | Sioux Falls to Dallas/Fort Worth | 93 | 74.2% | 0.6 min | 8.6% |
| FSD–MSP | Sioux Falls to Minneapolis | 75 | 80.0% | 6.9 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–PHX | Sioux Falls to Phoenix | 62 | 93.5% | -10.5 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–AZA | Sioux Falls to Phoenix | 39 | 79.5% | -4.4 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–ATL | Sioux Falls to Atlanta | 31 | 90.3% | -1.7 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–LAS | Sioux Falls to Las Vegas | 17 | 94.1% | -15.6 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–PIE | Sioux Falls to St. Petersburg | 10 | 90.0% | -7.6 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–BNA | Sioux Falls to Nashville | 9 | 55.6% | 55.0 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–FLL | Sioux Falls to Fort Lauderdale | 9 | 66.7% | 157.8 min | 0.0% |
| FSD–SFB | Sioux Falls to Sanford | 9 | 66.7% | 11.3 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left FSD on time in January 2026?
79.9% of 612 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 81.8% of 549 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 79.9% and 1.8% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.