On-Time Report

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Airport month · September 2025

Dane County Regional-Truax Field in September 2025

87.0%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,162 domestic departures from Dane County Regional-Truax Field (MSN). 87.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.6% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so MSN departures were 3.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 982 departures with 87.3% leaving on time: a change of −0.3 points, with flights up 18%.

Flights arriving at MSN that month were on time 80.7% of the time (1,168 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 15%.

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

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

MeasureSep 2025Sep 2024MSN, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time87.0%87.3%79.6%83.1%
Arrived on time82.6%84.7%76.5%82.8%
Cancelled0.5%0.0%2.9%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.8 min11.4 min19.7 min12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day39333918,748
Scheduled departures1,16298214,127562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines27123%82.3%2.0 min0.0%
UA United Airlines21919%83.1%3.2 min0.5%
OH PSA Airlines15213%90.8%-4.0 min0.0%
AA American Airlines15013%67.3%49.5 min2.0%
DL Delta Air Lines13111%92.4%-8.5 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline11810%83.9%-5.4 min1.7%
MQ Envoy Air1059%81.0%-0.4 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines161%68.8%12.8 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MSN–ORDMadison to Chicago33381.1%3.8 min0.0%
MSN–MSPMadison to Minneapolis12080.8%-1.1 min0.0%
MSN–DENMadison to Denver9680.2%4.2 min0.0%
MSN–DFWMadison to Dallas/Fort Worth9053.3%86.5 min3.3%
MSN–CLTMadison to Charlotte8892.0%-5.7 min0.0%
MSN–DTWMadison to Detroit8690.7%-1.4 min0.0%
MSN–LGAMadison to New York8484.5%-6.3 min2.4%
MSN–ATLMadison to Atlanta8292.7%-10.4 min0.0%
MSN–DCAMadison to Washington8287.8%-4.7 min0.0%
MSN–PHLMadison to Philadelphia3987.2%-0.8 min0.0%
MSN–EWRMadison to Newark3096.7%-11.3 min3.3%
MSN–PHXMadison to Phoenix3083.3%1.5 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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2025Minutes
Air carrier50.7%34.3%9,123
Late-arriving aircraft28.1%37.4%5,057
National Aviation System14.9%22.6%2,687
Extreme weather6.3%5.6%1,128
Security0.0%0.1%0
17,995 delay minutes on 193 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 2025?

87.0% of 1,162 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 87.3% of 982 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 87.0% and 0.5% in September 2025.

Provenance

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