Minot International in December 2024

74.8%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 222 domestic departures from Minot International (MOT). 74.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.6% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so MOT departures were 3.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 213 departures with 85.4% leaving on time: a change of −10.6 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at MOT that month were on time 77.4% of the time (221 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 47%, air carrier 34% and late-arriving aircraft 10%.

On time 67.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 32.0%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	MOT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	74.8%	85.4%	80.4%	77.8%
Arrived on time	67.6%	87.3%	78.6%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.0%	1.5%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	30.4 min	15.1 min	22.0 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	7	7	19,686
Scheduled departures	222	213	2,688	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	182	82%	68.7%	25.8 min	0.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	40	18%	62.5%	12.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MOT–MSP	Minot to Minneapolis	120	63.3%	35.5 min	0.0%
MOT–DEN	Minot to Denver	62	79.0%	6.7 min	1.6%
MOT–AZA	Minot to Phoenix	19	63.2%	15.4 min	0.0%
MOT–LAS	Minot to Las Vegas	12	75.0%	-2.2 min	0.0%
MOT–SFB	Minot to Sanford	9	44.4%	26.4 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.3%	34.3%	2,438
Late-arriving aircraft	9.6%	40.2%	685
National Aviation System	9.5%	17.8%	675
Extreme weather	46.5%	7.5%	3,306
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,104 delay minutes on 71 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 2024?

74.8% of 222 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 85.4% of 213 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 74.8% and 0.5% in December 2024.

Provenance

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