Minot International in January 2026

78.5%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 158 domestic departures from Minot International (MOT). 78.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.1% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so MOT departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 216 departures with 78.7% leaving on time: a change of −0.2 points, with flights down 27%.

Flights arriving at MOT that month were on time 74.7% of the time (158 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and extreme weather 12%.

On time 79.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.6%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MOT in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	MOT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	78.5%	78.7%	80.4%	75.6%
Arrived on time	79.1%	80.1%	78.6%	75.3%
Cancelled	1.3%	2.8%	1.5%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	29.0 min	20.4 min	22.0 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	7	7	18,133
Scheduled departures	158	216	2,688	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	131	83%	77.9%	14.6 min	1.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	17%	85.2%	-9.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MOT–DEN	Minot to Denver	67	76.1%	24.5 min	3.0%
MOT–MSP	Minot to Minneapolis	64	79.7%	4.6 min	0.0%
MOT–AZA	Minot to Phoenix	19	78.9%	-4.9 min	0.0%
MOT–LAS	Minot to Las Vegas	8	100.0%	-19.7 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	45.4%	37.3%	1,921
Late-arriving aircraft	37.9%	35.0%	1,603
National Aviation System	5.2%	18.0%	220
Extreme weather	11.6%	9.6%	490
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,234 delay minutes on 31 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 January 2026?

78.5% of 158 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 78.7% of 216 departures left on time and 2.8% were cancelled, against 78.5% and 1.3% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.