MBS International in November 2024

83.2%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 191 domestic departures from MBS International (MBS). 83.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so MBS departures were 2.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 159 departures with 79.2% leaving on time: a change of +4.0 points, with flights up 20%.

Flights arriving at MBS that month were on time 77.5% of the time (191 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, extreme weather 30% and late-arriving aircraft 7%.

On time 80.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	MBS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	83.2%	79.2%	76.6%	85.2%
Arrived on time	80.6%	79.2%	72.9%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	2.0%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.8 min	19.5 min	27.1 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	5	6	19,180
Scheduled departures	191	159	2,061	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	191	100%	80.6%	6.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MBS–DTW	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Detroit	103	82.5%	1.7 min	0.0%
MBS–ORD	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Chicago	88	78.4%	12.5 min	0.0%

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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	57.0%	36.9%	1,769
Late-arriving aircraft	7.3%	35.6%	225
National Aviation System	5.9%	21.9%	182
Extreme weather	29.8%	5.4%	925
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,101 delay minutes on 37 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 2024?

83.2% of 191 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 79.2% of 159 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 83.2% and 0.0% in November 2024.

Provenance

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