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Airport month · December 2024
Dane County Regional-Truax Field in December 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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 940 domestic departures from Dane County Regional-Truax Field (MSN). 77.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.2% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so MSN departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 843 departures with 85.4% leaving on time: a change of −7.5 points, with flights up 12%.
Flights arriving at MSN that month were on time 73.2% of the time (937 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 13%.
- On time 75.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.9%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | MSN, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.9% | 85.4% | 79.6% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 75.2% | 86.5% | 76.5% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 0.1% | 2.9% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.9 min | 15.0 min | 19.7 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 31 | 28 | 39 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 940 | 843 | 14,127 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 178 | 19% | 77.0% | 6.1 min | 1.1% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 171 | 18% | 85.4% | 11.2 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 141 | 15% | 76.6% | 6.2 min | 0.7% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 134 | 14% | 61.9% | 25.2 min | 0.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 109 | 12% | 78.0% | 3.5 min | 0.9% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 95 | 10% | 68.4% | 30.5 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 63 | 7% | 74.6% | -2.9 min | 1.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 40 | 4% | 72.5% | 7.1 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 9 | 1% | 77.8% | 10.2 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSN–ORD | Madison to Chicago | 176 | 60.8% | 19.0 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–MSP | Madison to Minneapolis | 116 | 82.8% | 6.9 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–DTW | Madison to Detroit | 109 | 76.1% | 19.0 min | 0.9% |
| MSN–DFW | Madison to Dallas/Fort Worth | 91 | 75.8% | 7.7 min | 2.2% |
| MSN–ATL | Madison to Atlanta | 88 | 83.0% | 5.7 min | 1.1% |
| MSN–CLT | Madison to Charlotte | 84 | 75.0% | 9.2 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–DEN | Madison to Denver | 73 | 84.9% | 0.4 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–DCA | Madison to Washington | 67 | 64.2% | 35.1 min | 1.5% |
| MSN–PHX | Madison to Phoenix | 52 | 82.7% | 2.0 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–LGA | Madison to New York | 49 | 79.6% | 1.2 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–EWR | Madison to Newark | 30 | 80.0% | 2.6 min | 3.3% |
| MSN–MIA | Madison to Miami | 4 | 100.0% | -7.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MSN on time in December 2024?
77.9% of 940 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 85.4% of 843 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 77.9% and 0.6% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.