Minot International in December 2023

85.4%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 213 domestic departures from Minot International (MOT). 85.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.3% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so MOT departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MOT that month were on time 91.5% of the time (211 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 78%, national aviation system 17% and late-arriving aircraft 5%.

On time 87.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.2%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	MOT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	85.4%	—	80.4%	83.1%
Arrived on time	87.3%	—	78.6%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.5%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.1 min	—	22.0 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	7	19,013
Scheduled departures	213	—	2,688	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	180	85%	87.2%	-2.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	33	15%	87.9%	-15.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MOT–MSP	Minot to Minneapolis	118	84.7%	1.5 min	0.0%
MOT–DEN	Minot to Denver	61	93.4%	-10.3 min	0.0%
MOT–AZA	Minot to Phoenix	13	100.0%	-24.3 min	0.0%
MOT–LAS	Minot to Las Vegas	11	81.8%	-19.7 min	0.0%
MOT–SFB	Minot to Sanford	9	77.8%	0.9 min	0.0%
MOT–BIS	Minot to Bismarck/Mandan	1	0.0%	—	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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	77.6%	37.1%	2,042
Late-arriving aircraft	5.0%	38.8%	131
National Aviation System	17.3%	17.6%	456
Extreme weather	0.2%	6.2%	4
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

2,633 delay minutes on 26 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 December 2023?

85.4% of 213 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.