Dane County Regional-Truax Field in October 2023

88.4%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,022 domestic departures from Dane County Regional-Truax Field (MSN). 88.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.4% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so MSN departures were 4.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MSN that month were on time 85.7% of the time (1,019 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 42% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 88.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.4%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from MSN in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	MSN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	88.4%	—	79.6%	83.8%
Arrived on time	88.4%	—	76.5%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	2.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.0 min	—	19.7 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	34	—	39	19,966
Scheduled departures	1,022	—	14,127	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	183	18%	82.0%	16.6 min	0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	180	18%	95.6%	-9.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	162	16%	92.0%	-9.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	160	16%	88.8%	0.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	122	12%	83.6%	-1.3 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	97	9%	86.6%	-3.5 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	87	9%	92.0%	-10.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	31	3%	77.4%	2.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSN–ORD	Madison to Chicago	153	80.4%	2.7 min	0.0%
MSN–DEN	Madison to Denver	121	87.6%	-2.7 min	0.0%
MSN–DTW	Madison to Detroit	118	94.9%	-5.4 min	0.0%
MSN–MSP	Madison to Minneapolis	118	90.7%	-6.2 min	0.0%
MSN–DFW	Madison to Dallas/Fort Worth	91	75.8%	22.8 min	1.1%
MSN–DCA	Madison to Washington	89	88.8%	-5.4 min	0.0%
MSN–ATL	Madison to Atlanta	87	96.6%	-11.7 min	0.0%
MSN–CLT	Madison to Charlotte	65	86.2%	8.7 min	0.0%
MSN–EWR	Madison to Newark	58	94.8%	-14.2 min	0.0%
MSN–LGA	Madison to New York	58	94.8%	-13.2 min	0.0%
MSN–PHL	Madison to Philadelphia	31	87.1%	-3.5 min	0.0%
MSN–PHX	Madison to Phoenix	31	93.5%	12.2 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	43.9%	41.3%	3,646
Late-arriving aircraft	42.3%	40.5%	3,518
National Aviation System	11.9%	14.4%	988
Extreme weather	1.9%	3.7%	158
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,310 delay minutes on 116 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 MSN on time in October 2023?

88.4% of 1,022 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MSN · methodology · corrections.