MBS International in October 2025

84.4%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 211 domestic departures from MBS International (MBS). 84.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so MBS departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 205 departures with 83.4% leaving on time: a change of +1.0 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at MBS that month were on time 85.3% of the time (211 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 75%, late-arriving aircraft 17% and national aviation system 6%.

On time 81.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.0%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	MBS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	84.4%	83.4%	76.6%	80.0%
Arrived on time	81.0%	84.4%	72.9%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	2.0%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.7 min	17.6 min	27.1 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	7	6	20,195
Scheduled departures	211	205	2,061	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	211	100%	81.0%	5.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MBS–DTW	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Detroit	118	86.4%	0.3 min	0.0%
MBS–ORD	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Chicago	93	74.2%	12.2 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	75.0%	34.0%	2,552
Late-arriving aircraft	17.2%	39.7%	584
National Aviation System	5.9%	22.9%	202
Extreme weather	1.9%	3.3%	63
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,401 delay minutes on 40 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 2025?

84.4% of 211 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 83.4% of 205 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 84.4% and 0.0% in October 2025.

Provenance

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