Minot International in December 2025

58.8%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 228 domestic departures from Minot International (MOT). 58.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 63.2% reached their destination on time; 5.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so MOT departures were 13.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 222 departures with 74.8% leaving on time: a change of −16.0 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at MOT that month were on time 59.0% of the time (227 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, extreme weather 40% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 63.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 31.1%
Cancelled 5.3%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from MOT in December 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	MOT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	58.8%	74.8%	80.4%	72.0%
Arrived on time	63.2%	67.6%	78.6%	71.9%
Cancelled	5.3%	0.5%	1.5%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	50.4 min	30.4 min	22.0 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	7	7	19,410
Scheduled departures	228	222	2,688	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	193	85%	62.2%	34.4 min	6.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	35	15%	68.6%	64.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MOT–MSP	Minot to Minneapolis	119	56.3%	41.6 min	7.6%
MOT–DEN	Minot to Denver	74	71.6%	23.1 min	4.1%
MOT–AZA	Minot to Phoenix	21	61.9%	110.4 min	0.0%
MOT–LAS	Minot to Las Vegas	14	78.6%	-5.5 min	0.0%

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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	45.2%	33.3%	4,740
Late-arriving aircraft	7.4%	41.1%	781
National Aviation System	7.7%	19.1%	810
Extreme weather	39.6%	6.4%	4,154
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,485 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 2025?

58.8% of 228 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 63.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 74.8% of 222 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 58.8% and 5.3% in December 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2025; 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.