MBS International in August 2024

81.0%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 200 domestic departures from MBS International (MBS). 81.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.5% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so MBS departures were 5.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 186 departures with 85.5% leaving on time: a change of −4.5 points, with flights up 8%.

Flights arriving at MBS that month were on time 70.5% of the time (200 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 66%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 78.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.5%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	MBS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	81.0%	85.5%	76.6%	75.4%
Arrived on time	78.5%	83.3%	72.9%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.5%	1.6%	2.0%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.6 min	18.0 min	27.1 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	6	6	20,634
Scheduled departures	200	186	2,061	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	194	97%	79.4%	13.7 min	0.5%
9E Endeavor Air	6	3%	50.0%	29.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MBS–DTW	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Detroit	107	80.4%	5.4 min	0.0%
MBS–ORD	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Chicago	93	76.3%	24.4 min	1.1%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	65.5%	33.8%	2,772
Late-arriving aircraft	24.3%	39.8%	1,031
National Aviation System	8.0%	20.4%	339
Extreme weather	2.2%	5.9%	93
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,235 delay minutes on 41 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 August 2024?

81.0% of 200 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 85.5% of 186 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 81.0% and 0.5% in August 2024.

Provenance

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