Dane County Regional-Truax Field in May 2024

76.1%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,031 domestic departures from Dane County Regional-Truax Field (MSN). 76.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.7% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so MSN departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MSN that month were on time 66.0% of the time (1,029 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 73.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.1%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	MSN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	76.1%	—	79.6%	73.4%
Arrived on time	73.7%	—	76.5%	72.3%
Cancelled	1.9%	—	2.9%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.3 min	—	19.7 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	34	—	39	20,325
Scheduled departures	1,031	—	14,127	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	270	26%	74.1%	18.6 min	1.9%
AA American Airlines	186	18%	50.0%	77.8 min	4.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	151	15%	90.7%	-1.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	118	11%	83.1%	0.0 min	0.8%
OH PSA Airlines	83	8%	75.9%	13.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	82	8%	81.7%	0.9 min	1.2%
MQ Envoy Air	67	6%	61.2%	24.6 min	3.0%
9E Endeavor Air	52	5%	88.5%	-12.5 min	3.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	22	2%	68.2%	34.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSN–ORD	Madison to Chicago	223	67.7%	23.5 min	4.0%
MSN–DTW	Madison to Detroit	120	83.3%	1.5 min	0.0%
MSN–MSP	Madison to Minneapolis	118	85.6%	1.0 min	0.0%
MSN–DFW	Madison to Dallas/Fort Worth	94	48.9%	99.0 min	6.4%
MSN–DEN	Madison to Denver	93	77.4%	19.6 min	0.0%
MSN–ATL	Madison to Atlanta	88	86.4%	2.3 min	0.0%
MSN–CLT	Madison to Charlotte	88	55.7%	26.2 min	3.4%
MSN–DCA	Madison to Washington	85	78.8%	9.5 min	0.0%
MSN–LGA	Madison to New York	58	87.9%	-11.5 min	3.4%
MSN–EWR	Madison to Newark	31	90.3%	-10.3 min	0.0%
MSN–PHX	Madison to Phoenix	31	58.1%	101.5 min	0.0%
MSN–BOS	Madison to Boston	2	50.0%	46.5 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.9%	29.8%	9,209
Late-arriving aircraft	49.8%	43.0%	14,379
National Aviation System	10.3%	20.1%	2,969
Extreme weather	8.1%	7.0%	2,344
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

28,901 delay minutes on 248 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 May 2024?

76.1% of 1,031 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.