Joe Foss Field in February 2026

85.0%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 627 domestic departures from Joe Foss Field (FSD). 85.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.6% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so FSD departures were 6.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 519 departures with 79.8% leaving on time: a change of +5.2 points, with flights up 21%.

Flights arriving at FSD that month were on time 79.6% of the time (627 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 86.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.1%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from FSD in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	FSD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	85.0%	79.8%	77.7%	78.1%
Arrived on time	86.6%	75.0%	75.5%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.4%	2.0%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.0 min	13.4 min	21.5 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	17	22	17,168
Scheduled departures	627	519	8,034	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	194	31%	84.0%	8.3 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	170	27%	89.4%	-5.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	100	16%	84.0%	-5.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	57	9%	84.2%	-4.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	56	9%	92.9%	-4.0 min	1.8%
AA American Airlines	40	6%	87.5%	-13.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	10	2%	90.0%	-12.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FSD–ORD	Sioux Falls to Chicago	139	79.9%	16.9 min	0.0%
FSD–DEN	Sioux Falls to Denver	121	90.1%	-9.4 min	0.8%
FSD–MSP	Sioux Falls to Minneapolis	102	87.3%	-3.3 min	1.0%
FSD–DFW	Sioux Falls to Dallas/Fort Worth	82	92.7%	-12.8 min	0.0%
FSD–PHX	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	55	87.3%	-11.0 min	0.0%
FSD–AZA	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	42	88.1%	-9.5 min	0.0%
FSD–ATL	Sioux Falls to Atlanta	28	92.9%	10.7 min	0.0%
FSD–LAS	Sioux Falls to Las Vegas	11	100.0%	-26.5 min	0.0%
FSD–PIE	Sioux Falls to St. Petersburg	11	90.9%	-13.2 min	0.0%
FSD–PGD	Sioux Falls to Punta Gorda	10	100.0%	-18.2 min	0.0%
FSD–SFB	Sioux Falls to Sanford	10	60.0%	27.6 min	0.0%
FSD–BNA	Sioux Falls to Nashville	8	100.0%	-28.9 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	35.9%	38.2%	2,884
Late-arriving aircraft	29.0%	37.2%	2,331
National Aviation System	18.8%	18.5%	1,508
Extreme weather	16.2%	6.0%	1,304
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,027 delay minutes on 82 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 February 2026?

85.0% of 627 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 79.8% of 519 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 85.0% and 0.3% in February 2026.

Provenance

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