Minot International in October 2023

83.7%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 196 domestic departures from Minot International (MOT). 83.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.0% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so MOT departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MOT that month were on time 84.2% of the time (196 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 48%, air carrier 23% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 73.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.0%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from MOT in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	MOT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	83.7%	—	80.4%	83.8%
Arrived on time	73.0%	—	78.6%	84.0%
Cancelled	2.6%	—	1.5%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.6 min	—	22.0 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	7	19,966
Scheduled departures	196	—	2,688	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	179	91%	72.6%	18.0 min	2.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	17	9%	76.5%	12.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MOT–MSP	Minot to Minneapolis	117	76.1%	18.8 min	0.0%
MOT–DEN	Minot to Denver	62	66.1%	16.3 min	8.1%
MOT–LAS	Minot to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	26.2 min	0.0%
MOT–AZA	Minot to Phoenix	8	87.5%	-3.6 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 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	22.9%	41.3%	1,157
Late-arriving aircraft	11.6%	40.5%	586
National Aviation System	16.6%	14.4%	839
Extreme weather	48.1%	3.7%	2,428
Security	0.7%	0.2%	34

5,044 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 MOT on time in October 2023?

83.7% of 196 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MOT · methodology · corrections.