Minot International in October 2024

89.4%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 207 domestic departures from Minot International (MOT). 89.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.4% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so MOT departures were 3.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 196 departures with 83.7% leaving on time: a change of +5.7 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at MOT that month were on time 93.2% of the time (206 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 69%, national aviation system 16% and late-arriving aircraft 13%.

On time 89.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.7%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from MOT in October 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	MOT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	89.4%	83.7%	80.4%	85.5%
Arrived on time	89.4%	73.0%	78.6%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	2.6%	1.5%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.6 min	22.6 min	22.0 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	7	7	20,517
Scheduled departures	207	196	2,688	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	178	86%	91.0%	-6.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	29	14%	79.3%	-8.8 min	3.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MOT–MSP	Minot to Minneapolis	116	91.4%	-9.7 min	0.0%
MOT–DEN	Minot to Denver	62	90.3%	-1.2 min	0.0%
MOT–AZA	Minot to Phoenix	12	75.0%	9.5 min	0.0%
MOT–LAS	Minot to Las Vegas	9	77.8%	-10.9 min	0.0%
MOT–SFB	Minot to Sanford	8	87.5%	-37.4 min	12.5%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	69.0%	42.7%	889
Late-arriving aircraft	12.8%	37.4%	165
National Aviation System	15.9%	16.3%	205
Extreme weather	1.6%	3.4%	21
Security	0.6%	0.2%	8

1,288 delay minutes on 20 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 2024?

89.4% of 207 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 83.7% of 196 departures left on time and 2.6% were cancelled, against 89.4% and 0.5% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2024; 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.