MBS International in July 2026

79.3%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 179 domestic departures from MBS International (MBS). 79.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.1% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so MBS departures were 10.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 207 departures with 70.0% leaving on time: a change of +9.3 points, with flights down 14%.

Flights arriving at MBS that month were on time 70.4% of the time (179 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 54%, extreme weather 23% and late-arriving aircraft 19%.

On time 77.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.3%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	MBS, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	79.3%	70.0%	76.6%	68.8%
Arrived on time	77.1%	69.6%	72.9%	69.4%
Cancelled	0.6%	1.4%	2.0%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.4 min	33.6 min	27.1 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	7	6	21,066
Scheduled departures	179	207	2,061	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	179	100%	77.1%	16.4 min	0.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MBS–DTW	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Detroit	117	81.2%	11.6 min	0.0%
MBS–ORD	Saginaw/Bay City/Midland to Chicago	62	69.4%	25.6 min	1.6%

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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	53.7%	31.7%	2,371
Late-arriving aircraft	19.3%	41.8%	853
National Aviation System	4.3%	19.9%	191
Extreme weather	22.6%	6.5%	999
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,414 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 July 2026?

79.3% of 179 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 70.0% of 207 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 79.3% and 0.6% in July 2026.

Provenance

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