Grand Forks International in December 2024

76.9%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 108 domestic departures from Grand Forks International (GFK). 76.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.9% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so GFK departures were 0.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 109 departures with 74.3% leaving on time: a change of +2.6 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at GFK that month were on time 75.0% of the time (108 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 75.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from GFK in December 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	GFK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	76.9%	74.3%	84.7%	77.8%
Arrived on time	75.9%	76.1%	83.9%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	11.0%	1.4%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.3 min	39.2 min	13.0 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	4	3	19,686
Scheduled departures	108	109	1,223	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	55	51%	81.8%	6.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	35	32%	71.4%	35.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	17%	66.7%	7.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GFK–MSP	Grand Forks to Minneapolis	90	77.8%	17.6 min	0.0%
GFK–LAS	Grand Forks to Las Vegas	8	75.0%	5.1 min	0.0%
GFK–AZA	Grand Forks to Phoenix	6	66.7%	6.7 min	0.0%
GFK–SFB	Grand Forks to Sanford	4	50.0%	11.8 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.6%	34.3%	991
Late-arriving aircraft	46.5%	40.2%	1,371
National Aviation System	14.1%	17.8%	416
Extreme weather	5.8%	7.5%	170
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,948 delay minutes on 26 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 2024?

76.9% of 108 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 74.3% of 109 departures left on time and 11.0% were cancelled, against 76.9% and 0.0% in December 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2024; 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.