Grand Forks International in December 2023

74.3%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 109 domestic departures from Grand Forks International (GFK). 74.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.1% reached their destination on time; 11.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so GFK departures were 8.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at GFK that month were on time 78.7% of the time (108 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 66%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 5%.

On time 76.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.8%
Cancelled 11.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from GFK in December 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	GFK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	74.3%	—	84.7%	83.1%
Arrived on time	76.1%	—	83.9%	83.8%
Cancelled	11.0%	—	1.4%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	39.2 min	—	13.0 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	—	3	19,013
Scheduled departures	109	—	1,223	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	48	44%	87.5%	7.7 min	4.2%
9E Endeavor Air	43	39%	69.8%	11.5 min	16.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	17%	61.1%	87.3 min	16.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GFK–MSP	Grand Forks to Minneapolis	91	79.1%	9.4 min	9.9%
GFK–LAS	Grand Forks to Las Vegas	8	87.5%	-21.9 min	0.0%
GFK–AZA	Grand Forks to Phoenix	6	50.0%	8.4 min	16.7%
GFK–SFB	Grand Forks to Sanford	4	25.0%	721.0 min	50.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	1.2%	37.1%	43
Late-arriving aircraft	27.7%	38.8%	1,032
National Aviation System	5.3%	17.6%	196
Extreme weather	65.9%	6.2%	2,454
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

3,725 delay minutes on 14 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 GFK on time in December 2023?

74.3% of 109 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for GFK · methodology · corrections.