MBS International in October 2024

83.4%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 205 domestic departures from MBS International (MBS). 83.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.4% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so MBS departures were 2.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 181 departures with 90.6% leaving on time: a change of −7.2 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at MBS that month were on time 84.9% of the time (205 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 86%, late-arriving aircraft 9% and extreme weather 3%.

On time 84.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.6%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	MBS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	83.4%	90.6%	76.6%	85.5%
Arrived on time	84.4%	88.4%	72.9%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	2.0%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.6 min	8.3 min	27.1 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	6	6	20,517
Scheduled departures	205	181	2,061	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	205	100%	84.4%	8.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MBS–DTW	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Detroit	112	88.4%	-1.7 min	0.0%
MBS–ORD	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Chicago	93	79.6%	20.0 min	0.0%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	86.0%	42.7%	2,859
Late-arriving aircraft	8.5%	37.4%	282
National Aviation System	2.5%	16.3%	84
Extreme weather	3.0%	3.4%	101
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,326 delay minutes on 32 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 October 2024?

83.4% of 205 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 90.6% of 181 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 83.4% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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