Minot International in March 2026

70.5%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 210 domestic departures from Minot International (MOT). 70.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.6% reached their destination on time; 3.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so MOT departures were 2.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 229 departures with 87.8% leaving on time: a change of −17.3 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at MOT that month were on time 67.6% of the time (210 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 75%, national aviation system 9% and late-arriving aircraft 8%.

On time 68.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.1%
Cancelled 3.8%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	MOT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	70.5%	87.8%	80.4%	72.8%
Arrived on time	68.6%	82.5%	78.6%	73.2%
Cancelled	3.8%	0.4%	1.5%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	49.5 min	11.3 min	22.0 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	8	7	20,403
Scheduled departures	210	229	2,688	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	182	87%	67.6%	41.9 min	4.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	28	13%	75.0%	10.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MOT–MSP	Minot to Minneapolis	120	68.3%	27.8 min	5.0%
MOT–DEN	Minot to Denver	62	66.1%	68.6 min	3.2%
MOT–AZA	Minot to Phoenix	17	82.4%	-4.9 min	0.0%
MOT–LAS	Minot to Las Vegas	11	63.6%	34.3 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	74.6%	33.5%	7,208
Late-arriving aircraft	8.2%	39.3%	797
National Aviation System	9.1%	21.0%	875
Extreme weather	8.1%	5.9%	781
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

9,661 delay minutes on 57 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 March 2026?

70.5% of 210 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 87.8% of 229 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 70.5% and 3.8% in March 2026.

Provenance

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