MBS International in January 2024

50.6%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 164 domestic departures from MBS International (MBS). 50.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 46.3% reached their destination on time; 12.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so MBS departures were 23.4 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MBS that month were on time 48.2% of the time (164 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, extreme weather 31% and late-arriving aircraft 16%.

On time 46.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 40.2%
Cancelled 12.8%
Diverted 0.6%

Every scheduled departure from MBS in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	MBS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	50.6%	—	76.6%	74.0%
Arrived on time	46.3%	—	72.9%	72.9%
Cancelled	12.8%	—	2.0%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	45.2 min	—	27.1 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	—	6	18,242
Scheduled departures	164	—	2,061	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	164	100%	46.3%	40.2 min	12.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MBS–DTW	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Detroit	82	54.9%	37.2 min	7.3%
MBS–ORD	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Chicago	82	37.8%	43.6 min	18.3%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	43.0%	32.6%	2,877
Late-arriving aircraft	15.8%	39.0%	1,055
National Aviation System	10.5%	17.9%	700
Extreme weather	30.8%	10.3%	2,060
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,692 delay minutes on 66 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 January 2024?

50.6% of 164 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 46.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.