Dane County Regional-Truax Field in December 2023

85.4%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 843 domestic departures from Dane County Regional-Truax Field (MSN). 85.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.5% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so MSN departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MSN that month were on time 84.1% of the time (841 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 86.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.3%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	MSN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	85.4%	—	79.6%	83.1%
Arrived on time	86.5%	—	76.5%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	2.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.0 min	—	19.7 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	28	—	39	19,013
Scheduled departures	843	—	14,127	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	161	19%	77.6%	10.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	143	17%	93.7%	-2.2 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	121	14%	94.2%	-14.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	118	14%	84.7%	8.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	114	14%	87.7%	-5.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	65	8%	92.3%	-8.1 min	1.5%
OH PSA Airlines	61	7%	75.4%	36.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	31	4%	80.6%	-1.7 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	29	3%	86.2%	-19.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSN–ORD	Madison to Chicago	125	85.6%	4.1 min	0.0%
MSN–DTW	Madison to Detroit	103	91.3%	-1.7 min	0.0%
MSN–MSP	Madison to Minneapolis	101	96.0%	-14.9 min	0.0%
MSN–DFW	Madison to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	81.5%	-0.8 min	0.0%
MSN–ATL	Madison to Atlanta	91	92.3%	-5.6 min	0.0%
MSN–DEN	Madison to Denver	82	84.1%	-4.7 min	0.0%
MSN–DCA	Madison to Washington	70	78.6%	29.7 min	0.0%
MSN–CLT	Madison to Charlotte	61	70.5%	29.2 min	0.0%
MSN–LGA	Madison to New York	50	92.0%	-11.0 min	2.0%
MSN–PHX	Madison to Phoenix	31	83.9%	-2.4 min	0.0%
MSN–EWR	Madison to Newark	13	84.6%	10.6 min	0.0%
MSN–PHL	Madison to Philadelphia	10	90.0%	-6.9 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 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	50.3%	37.1%	5,888
Late-arriving aircraft	34.1%	38.8%	3,993
National Aviation System	9.8%	17.6%	1,144
Extreme weather	5.8%	6.2%	684
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

11,709 delay minutes on 112 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 December 2023?

85.4% of 843 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.