MBS International in November 2023

79.2%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 159 domestic departures from MBS International (MBS). 79.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.2% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so MBS departures were 6.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MBS that month were on time 74.8% of the time (159 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 68%, late-arriving aircraft 16% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 79.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.8%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MBS in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	MBS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	79.2%	—	76.6%	86.0%
Arrived on time	79.2%	—	72.9%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.0%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.5 min	—	27.1 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	—	6	18,793
Scheduled departures	159	—	2,061	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	159	100%	79.2%	10.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MBS–DTW	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Detroit	81	84.0%	9.7 min	0.0%
MBS–ORD	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Chicago	78	74.4%	11.9 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	67.5%	42.5%	1,971
Late-arriving aircraft	16.1%	37.3%	469
National Aviation System	10.3%	16.2%	302
Extreme weather	6.1%	3.7%	178
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

2,920 delay minutes on 33 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 MBS on time in November 2023?

79.2% of 159 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MBS · methodology · corrections.