Dane County Regional-Truax Field in February 2024

89.5%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 844 domestic departures from Dane County Regional-Truax Field (MSN). 89.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.4% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so MSN departures were 5.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MSN that month were on time 85.6% of the time (846 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 88.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.3%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from MSN in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	MSN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	89.5%	—	79.6%	84.0%
Arrived on time	88.4%	—	76.5%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	2.9%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.9 min	—	19.7 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	28	—	39	17,307
Scheduled departures	844	—	14,127	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	159	19%	79.9%	3.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	156	18%	92.9%	-7.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	146	17%	89.7%	-6.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	133	16%	90.2%	-8.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	69	8%	97.1%	-16.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	61	7%	82.0%	1.5 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	47	6%	89.4%	2.0 min	2.1%
OH PSA Airlines	41	5%	85.4%	-0.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	32	4%	90.6%	-19.7 min	3.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSN–ORD	Madison to Chicago	195	91.3%	-10.6 min	0.0%
MSN–MSP	Madison to Minneapolis	107	90.7%	-3.5 min	0.0%
MSN–DFW	Madison to Dallas/Fort Worth	79	78.5%	3.6 min	0.0%
MSN–ATL	Madison to Atlanta	78	93.6%	-10.0 min	0.0%
MSN–DTW	Madison to Detroit	78	91.0%	-4.1 min	0.0%
MSN–DCA	Madison to Washington	68	88.2%	-4.2 min	0.0%
MSN–DEN	Madison to Denver	66	89.4%	-7.9 min	0.0%
MSN–CLT	Madison to Charlotte	58	79.3%	13.4 min	0.0%
MSN–EWR	Madison to Newark	29	89.7%	-11.2 min	0.0%
MSN–LGA	Madison to New York	29	89.7%	5.3 min	3.4%
MSN–PHX	Madison to Phoenix	29	82.8%	-8.3 min	0.0%
MSN–MCO	Madison to Orlando	24	87.5%	-18.0 min	4.2%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	42.1%	35.9%	3,291
Late-arriving aircraft	27.1%	36.9%	2,115
National Aviation System	18.3%	21.7%	1,433
Extreme weather	12.4%	5.3%	971
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

7,810 delay minutes on 95 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 February 2024?

89.5% of 844 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.