On-Time Report

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Airport month · February 2025

Dane County Regional-Truax Field in February 2025

78.7%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 848 domestic departures from Dane County Regional-Truax Field (MSN). 78.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.8% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so MSN departures were 0.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 844 departures with 89.5% leaving on time: a change of −10.8 points, with flights up 0%.

Flights arriving at MSN that month were on time 67.8% of the time (848 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 25% and national aviation system 20%.

Every scheduled departure from MSN in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureFeb 2025Feb 2024MSN, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time78.7%89.5%79.6%79.2%
Arrived on time75.8%88.4%76.5%77.9%
Cancelled1.5%0.2%2.9%1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)18.9 min9.9 min19.7 min15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day28283916,830
Scheduled departures84884414,127504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines24829%73.4%11.6 min1.2%
AA American Airlines15819%80.4%2.6 min0.6%
YX Republic Airline11914%69.7%22.6 min2.5%
DL Delta Air Lines10613%91.5%-13.6 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines10212%63.7%14.6 min3.9%
UA United Airlines8410%79.8%3.8 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air293%72.4%13.0 min3.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines20%50.0%-28.0 min50.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MSN–ORDMadison to Chicago15673.1%10.1 min2.6%
MSN–DTWMadison to Detroit10681.1%0.7 min0.0%
MSN–MSPMadison to Minneapolis10677.4%14.1 min0.0%
MSN–DFWMadison to Dallas/Fort Worth8478.6%8.5 min1.2%
MSN–CLTMadison to Charlotte8078.8%-1.4 min0.0%
MSN–ATLMadison to Atlanta7889.7%-14.4 min0.0%
MSN–DCAMadison to Washington7444.6%55.7 min6.8%
MSN–DENMadison to Denver5676.8%7.8 min0.0%
MSN–PHXMadison to Phoenix4676.1%-0.8 min0.0%
MSN–EWRMadison to Newark2885.7%-6.6 min0.0%
MSN–LGAMadison to New York2882.1%-5.0 min7.1%
MSN–MIAMadison to Miami475.0%37.8 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2025Minutes
Air carrier44.8%33.9%7,190
Late-arriving aircraft24.5%36.9%3,936
National Aviation System19.9%22.5%3,197
Extreme weather10.8%6.6%1,729
Security0.0%0.1%0
16,052 delay minutes on 189 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 February 2025?

78.7% of 848 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 89.5% of 844 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 78.7% and 1.5% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.