MBS International in February 2025

68.8%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 160 domestic departures from MBS International (MBS). 68.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.9% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so MBS departures were 10.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 159 departures with 90.6% leaving on time: a change of −21.8 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at MBS that month were on time 63.7% of the time (160 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, extreme weather 24% and late-arriving aircraft 18%.

On time 66.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.6%
Cancelled 2.5%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MBS in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	MBS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	68.8%	90.6%	76.6%	79.2%
Arrived on time	66.9%	89.9%	72.9%	77.9%
Cancelled	2.5%	0.0%	2.0%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	32.0 min	14.8 min	27.1 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	5	6	16,830
Scheduled departures	160	159	2,061	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	160	100%	66.9%	25.4 min	2.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MBS–ORD	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Chicago	82	65.9%	23.0 min	2.4%
MBS–DTW	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Detroit	78	67.9%	27.9 min	2.6%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	49.6%	33.9%	2,514
Late-arriving aircraft	17.8%	36.9%	900
National Aviation System	8.4%	22.5%	427
Extreme weather	24.2%	6.6%	1,226
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,067 delay minutes on 49 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 February 2025?

68.8% of 160 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 90.6% of 159 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 68.8% and 2.5% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.