Dane County Regional-Truax Field in March 2025

86.0%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,066 domestic departures from Dane County Regional-Truax Field (MSN). 86.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.7% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so MSN departures were 6.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 953 departures with 84.9% leaving on time: a change of +1.1 points, with flights up 12%.

Flights arriving at MSN that month were on time 76.6% of the time (1,066 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 82.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.1%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	MSN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	86.0%	84.9%	79.6%	79.9%
Arrived on time	82.7%	83.9%	76.5%	79.3%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.5%	2.9%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.2 min	16.7 min	19.7 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	36	32	39	20,029
Scheduled departures	1,066	953	14,127	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	268	25%	81.0%	5.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	183	17%	80.9%	3.1 min	2.2%
YX Republic Airline	156	15%	83.3%	-2.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	145	14%	93.1%	-6.7 min	0.7%
OH PSA Airlines	117	11%	79.5%	10.4 min	0.9%
UA United Airlines	93	9%	82.8%	-3.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	83	8%	78.3%	8.2 min	1.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	21	2%	81.0%	-5.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSN–ORD	Madison to Chicago	243	74.9%	11.7 min	0.4%
MSN–DTW	Madison to Detroit	119	86.6%	-1.7 min	0.0%
MSN–MSP	Madison to Minneapolis	116	89.7%	-2.5 min	0.0%
MSN–DFW	Madison to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	78.5%	10.6 min	3.2%
MSN–CLT	Madison to Charlotte	91	84.6%	-2.7 min	1.1%
MSN–ATL	Madison to Atlanta	88	94.3%	-10.8 min	1.1%
MSN–DCA	Madison to Washington	83	74.7%	15.1 min	0.0%
MSN–DEN	Madison to Denver	70	82.9%	-3.8 min	0.0%
MSN–PHX	Madison to Phoenix	63	81.0%	-2.7 min	1.6%
MSN–LGA	Madison to New York	51	88.2%	-3.2 min	0.0%
MSN–EWR	Madison to Newark	31	90.3%	-15.5 min	0.0%
MSN–MCO	Madison to Orlando	13	84.6%	-7.1 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	37.5%	33.0%	5,013
Late-arriving aircraft	34.6%	39.2%	4,632
National Aviation System	21.4%	21.9%	2,857
Extreme weather	6.5%	5.9%	867
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

13,369 delay minutes on 172 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 March 2025?

86.0% of 1,066 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 84.9% of 953 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 86.0% and 0.7% in March 2025.

Provenance

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