MBS International in January 2026

68.6%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 175 domestic departures from MBS International (MBS). 68.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 56.6% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so MBS departures were 7.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 176 departures with 69.9% leaving on time: a change of −1.3 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at MBS that month were on time 57.1% of the time (175 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, late-arriving aircraft 22% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 56.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 42.9%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MBS in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	MBS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	68.6%	69.9%	76.6%	75.6%
Arrived on time	56.6%	68.2%	72.9%	75.3%
Cancelled	0.6%	1.7%	2.0%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	41.0 min	30.7 min	27.1 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	6	6	18,133
Scheduled departures	175	176	2,061	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	175	100%	56.6%	39.0 min	0.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MBS–DTW	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Detroit	91	62.6%	30.7 min	0.0%
MBS–ORD	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Chicago	84	50.0%	48.1 min	1.2%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	56.7%	37.3%	4,544
Late-arriving aircraft	22.1%	35.0%	1,776
National Aviation System	10.7%	18.0%	862
Extreme weather	10.4%	9.6%	838
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,020 delay minutes on 75 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 January 2026?

68.6% of 175 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 56.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 69.9% of 176 departures left on time and 1.7% were cancelled, against 68.6% and 0.6% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.