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Airport month · August 2024
Dane County Regional-Truax Field in August 2024
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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,128 domestic departures from Dane County Regional-Truax Field (MSN). 81.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.4% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so MSN departures were 6.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 1,000 departures with 83.9% leaving on time: a change of −2.3 points, with flights up 13%.
Flights arriving at MSN that month were on time 70.1% of the time (1,129 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 18%.
- On time 77.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.4%
- Cancelled 0.8%
- Diverted 0.4%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | MSN, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.6% | 83.9% | 79.6% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 77.4% | 84.1% | 76.5% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 0.8% | 1.3% | 2.9% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.9 min | 18.9 min | 19.7 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 38 | 33 | 39 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,128 | 1,000 | 14,127 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 204 | 18% | 75.5% | 8.5 min | 1.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 184 | 16% | 70.1% | 29.2 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 173 | 15% | 92.5% | -7.5 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 146 | 13% | 71.9% | 19.0 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 140 | 12% | 78.6% | 9.3 min | 0.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 117 | 10% | 77.8% | 1.7 min | 2.6% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 94 | 8% | 78.7% | 4.7 min | 3.2% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 39 | 3% | 82.1% | 14.5 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 31 | 3% | 58.1% | 23.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSN–ORD | Madison to Chicago | 186 | 79.6% | 9.0 min | 0.5% |
| MSN–MSP | Madison to Minneapolis | 143 | 76.9% | 11.1 min | 0.7% |
| MSN–DEN | Madison to Denver | 120 | 74.2% | 10.9 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–DTW | Madison to Detroit | 117 | 85.5% | 0.7 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–DFW | Madison to Dallas/Fort Worth | 93 | 65.6% | 24.2 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–CLT | Madison to Charlotte | 91 | 75.8% | 13.7 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–DCA | Madison to Washington | 88 | 70.5% | 21.8 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–ATL | Madison to Atlanta | 85 | 91.8% | -11.2 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–PHL | Madison to Philadelphia | 78 | 66.7% | 16.9 min | 2.6% |
| MSN–LGA | Madison to New York | 57 | 77.2% | -0.4 min | 7.0% |
| MSN–EWR | Madison to Newark | 31 | 90.3% | -14.6 min | 3.2% |
| MSN–PHX | Madison to Phoenix | 31 | 80.6% | 56.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MSN on time in August 2024?
81.6% of 1,128 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 83.9% of 1,000 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 81.6% and 0.8% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.