MBS International in March 2025

71.3%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 181 domestic departures from MBS International (MBS). 71.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.5% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so MBS departures were 8.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 172 departures with 90.7% leaving on time: a change of −19.4 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at MBS that month were on time 66.9% of the time (181 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and extreme weather 19%.

On time 73.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.3%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	MBS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	71.3%	90.7%	76.6%	79.9%
Arrived on time	73.5%	87.8%	72.9%	79.3%
Cancelled	1.7%	0.0%	2.0%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.5 min	12.6 min	27.1 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	6	6	20,029
Scheduled departures	181	172	2,061	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	181	100%	73.5%	13.8 min	1.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MBS–ORD	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Chicago	93	63.4%	25.6 min	1.1%
MBS–DTW	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Detroit	88	84.1%	1.2 min	2.3%

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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	37.2%	33.0%	1,453
Late-arriving aircraft	32.5%	39.2%	1,272
National Aviation System	11.2%	21.9%	436
Extreme weather	19.2%	5.9%	749
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,910 delay minutes on 44 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 March 2025?

71.3% of 181 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 90.7% of 172 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 71.3% and 1.7% in March 2025.

Provenance

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