Joe Foss Field in May 2026

82.0%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 735 domestic departures from Joe Foss Field (FSD). 82.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so FSD departures were 4.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 668 departures with 81.1% leaving on time: a change of +0.9 points, with flights up 10%.

Flights arriving at FSD that month were on time 76.3% of the time (735 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and extreme weather 17%.

On time 78.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.7%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	FSD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	82.0%	81.1%	77.7%	77.1%
Arrived on time	78.6%	75.7%	75.5%	77.6%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.9%	2.0%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.2 min	14.6 min	21.5 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	25	22	22	20,391
Scheduled departures	735	668	8,034	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	355	48%	80.6%	7.8 min	0.3%
MQ Envoy Air	97	13%	82.5%	-4.7 min	2.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	78	11%	64.1%	28.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	62	8%	71.0%	23.8 min	1.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	8%	93.5%	-3.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	62	8%	77.4%	4.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	13	2%	53.8%	13.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	6	1%	83.3%	1.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FSD–DEN	Sioux Falls to Denver	169	79.3%	4.7 min	0.0%
FSD–ORD	Sioux Falls to Chicago	154	80.5%	-1.0 min	1.3%
FSD–MSP	Sioux Falls to Minneapolis	149	86.6%	1.4 min	0.0%
FSD–DFW	Sioux Falls to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	66.7%	27.1 min	2.2%
FSD–PHX	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	61	82.0%	13.7 min	0.0%
FSD–ATL	Sioux Falls to Atlanta	31	93.5%	-4.5 min	0.0%
FSD–AZA	Sioux Falls to Phoenix	30	56.7%	23.7 min	0.0%
FSD–LAS	Sioux Falls to Las Vegas	13	76.9%	4.8 min	0.0%
FSD–PIE	Sioux Falls to St. Petersburg	10	50.0%	5.3 min	0.0%
FSD–SFB	Sioux Falls to Sanford	10	80.0%	106.9 min	0.0%
FSD–BNA	Sioux Falls to Nashville	9	88.9%	-2.4 min	0.0%
FSD–FLL	Sioux Falls to Fort Lauderdale	6	33.3%	52.7 min	0.0%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	36.1%	33.0%	4,924
Late-arriving aircraft	31.7%	40.4%	4,323
National Aviation System	15.4%	20.5%	2,104
Extreme weather	16.8%	6.0%	2,286
Security	0.0%	0.1%	4

13,641 delay minutes on 152 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 May 2026?

82.0% of 735 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 81.1% of 668 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 82.0% and 0.5% in May 2026.

Provenance

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