Fort Smith Regional in October 2024

92.0%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 113 domestic departures from Fort Smith Regional (FSM). 92.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 92.9% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so FSM departures were 6.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 91 departures with 86.8% leaving on time: a change of +5.2 points, with flights up 24%.

Flights arriving at FSM that month were on time 93.8% of the time (113 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 38%, extreme weather 30% and air carrier 22%.

On time 92.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 7.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from FSM in October 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	FSM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	92.0%	86.8%	83.3%	85.5%
Arrived on time	92.9%	81.3%	82.1%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	2.2%	2.8%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	4.0 min	8.8 min	13.6 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	3	3	20,517
Scheduled departures	113	91	1,194	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	69	61%	92.8%	-11.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	44	39%	93.2%	-7.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FSM–DFW	Fort Smith to Dallas/Fort Worth	113	92.9%	-10.0 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	21.5%	42.7%	90
Late-arriving aircraft	10.5%	37.4%	44
National Aviation System	38.4%	16.3%	161
Extreme weather	29.6%	3.4%	124
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

419 delay minutes on 8 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 FSM on time in October 2024?

92.0% of 113 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 92.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 86.8% of 91 departures left on time and 2.2% were cancelled, against 92.0% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for FSM · methodology · corrections.