On-Time Report

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Airport month · September 2024

Dane County Regional-Truax Field in September 2024

87.3%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 982 domestic departures from Dane County Regional-Truax Field (MSN). 87.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.7% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so MSN departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 982 departures with 83.7% leaving on time: a change of +3.6 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at MSN that month were on time 83.4% of the time (982 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 14%.

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

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

MeasureSep 2024Sep 2023MSN, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time87.3%83.7%79.6%84.4%
Arrived on time84.7%82.6%76.5%83.9%
Cancelled0.0%1.8%2.9%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)11.4 min12.7 min19.7 min10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day33333919,421
Scheduled departures98298214,127582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines18819%81.4%0.4 min0.0%
AA American Airlines18118%78.5%21.8 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines16517%92.1%-6.6 min0.0%
UA United Airlines12112%82.6%2.9 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline11211%94.6%-9.7 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines929%83.7%1.1 min0.0%
9E Endeavor Air586%94.8%-12.3 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air354%65.7%18.9 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines303%80.0%1.4 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MSN–ORDMadison to Chicago18079.4%3.9 min0.0%
MSN–DENMadison to Denver11283.9%1.3 min0.0%
MSN–DTWMadison to Detroit11292.0%-7.2 min0.0%
MSN–MSPMadison to Minneapolis11281.3%4.0 min0.0%
MSN–DFWMadison to Dallas/Fort Worth9077.8%7.1 min0.0%
MSN–CLTMadison to Charlotte8976.4%39.5 min0.0%
MSN–ATLMadison to Atlanta8292.7%-10.9 min0.0%
MSN–DCAMadison to Washington8186.4%-2.6 min0.0%
MSN–LGAMadison to New York5590.9%-11.4 min0.0%
MSN–EWRMadison to Newark3096.7%-13.4 min0.0%
MSN–PHXMadison to Phoenix3096.7%-6.2 min0.0%
MSN–PHLMadison to Philadelphia7100.0%-12.0 min0.0%

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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2024Minutes
Air carrier50.8%38.6%5,711
Late-arriving aircraft31.3%38.4%3,523
National Aviation System13.7%18.2%1,540
Extreme weather4.1%4.8%465
Security0.1%0.1%9
11,248 delay minutes on 148 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left MSN on time in September 2024?

87.3% of 982 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 83.7% of 982 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 87.3% and 0.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.