MBS International in February 2026

79.0%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 167 domestic departures from MBS International (MBS). 79.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.4% reached their destination on time; 2.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so MBS departures were 0.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 160 departures with 68.8% leaving on time: a change of +10.2 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at MBS that month were on time 63.5% of the time (167 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, late-arriving aircraft 25% and extreme weather 11%.

On time 75.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.2%
Cancelled 2.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	MBS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	79.0%	68.8%	76.6%	78.1%
Arrived on time	75.4%	66.9%	72.9%	78.3%
Cancelled	2.4%	2.5%	2.0%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.2 min	32.0 min	27.1 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	5	6	17,168
Scheduled departures	167	160	2,061	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	167	100%	75.4%	10.8 min	2.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MBS–DTW	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Detroit	84	78.6%	5.4 min	3.6%
MBS–ORD	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Chicago	83	72.3%	16.1 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	57.3%	38.2%	1,898
Late-arriving aircraft	24.6%	37.2%	814
National Aviation System	7.4%	18.5%	246
Extreme weather	10.7%	6.0%	353
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,311 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 February 2026?

79.0% of 167 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 68.8% of 160 departures left on time and 2.5% were cancelled, against 79.0% and 2.4% in February 2026.

Provenance

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