Fort Smith Regional in July 2025

69.4%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 108 domestic departures from Fort Smith Regional (FSM). 69.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.1% reached their destination on time; 3.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so FSM departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 112 departures with 72.3% leaving on time: a change of −2.9 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at FSM that month were on time 71.3% of the time (108 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 58%, national aviation system 23% and air carrier 14%.

On time 74.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.3%
Cancelled 3.7%
Diverted 0.9%

Every scheduled departure from FSM in July 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

July 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	FSM, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	69.4%	72.3%	83.3%	69.7%
Arrived on time	74.1%	73.2%	82.1%	69.0%
Cancelled	3.7%	2.7%	2.8%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.6 min	21.0 min	13.6 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	4	3	21,048
Scheduled departures	108	112	1,194	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	108	100%	74.1%	6.0 min	3.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FSM–DFW	Fort Smith to Dallas/Fort Worth	108	74.1%	6.0 min	3.7%

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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	14.4%	31.1%	170
Late-arriving aircraft	58.3%	40.8%	690
National Aviation System	22.8%	20.7%	270
Extreme weather	4.5%	7.3%	53
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,183 delay minutes on 23 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 July 2025?

69.4% of 108 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 72.3% of 112 departures left on time and 2.7% were cancelled, against 69.4% and 3.7% in July 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for July 2025; 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.