MBS International in March 2026

54.4%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 114 domestic departures from MBS International (MBS). 54.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 51.8% reached their destination on time; 7.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so MBS departures were 18.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 181 departures with 71.3% leaving on time: a change of −16.9 points, with flights down 37%.

Flights arriving at MBS that month were on time 51.3% of the time (113 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 51.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 41.2%
Cancelled 7.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	MBS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	54.4%	71.3%	76.6%	72.8%
Arrived on time	51.8%	73.5%	72.9%	73.2%
Cancelled	7.0%	1.7%	2.0%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	52.5 min	24.5 min	27.1 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	6	6	20,403
Scheduled departures	114	181	2,061	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	114	100%	51.8%	48.7 min	7.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MBS–ORD	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Chicago	93	48.4%	56.0 min	8.6%
MBS–DTW	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Detroit	21	66.7%	19.3 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	36.4%	33.5%	2,075
Late-arriving aircraft	31.1%	39.3%	1,774
National Aviation System	20.0%	21.0%	1,142
Extreme weather	12.5%	5.9%	711
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,702 delay minutes on 47 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 2026?

54.4% of 114 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 51.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 71.3% of 181 departures left on time and 1.7% were cancelled, against 54.4% and 7.0% in March 2026.

Provenance

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