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Airport month · October 2025
Dane County Regional-Truax Field in October 2025
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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,306 domestic departures from Dane County Regional-Truax Field (MSN). 85.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.2% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so MSN departures were 5.9 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 1,029 departures with 91.0% leaving on time: a change of −5.1 points, with flights up 27%.
Flights arriving at MSN that month were on time 79.2% of the time (1,305 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 81.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.3%
- Cancelled 0.5%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | MSN, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 85.9% | 91.0% | 79.6% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 81.2% | 90.6% | 76.5% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.5% | 0.4% | 2.9% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.1 min | 6.6 min | 19.7 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 44 | 34 | 39 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,306 | 1,029 | 14,127 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 302 | 23% | 78.5% | 10.5 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 236 | 18% | 81.4% | 15.1 min | 0.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 194 | 15% | 79.9% | 4.1 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 173 | 13% | 97.1% | -6.8 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 168 | 13% | 77.4% | 4.3 min | 0.6% |
| YX Republic Airline | 123 | 9% | 80.5% | 4.0 min | 2.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 92 | 7% | 71.7% | 8.1 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 18 | 1% | 72.2% | 6.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSN–ORD | Madison to Chicago | 354 | 66.1% | 23.6 min | 0.3% |
| MSN–MSP | Madison to Minneapolis | 118 | 89.0% | -1.8 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–DTW | Madison to Detroit | 114 | 93.9% | 7.0 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–DCA | Madison to Washington | 107 | 81.3% | -0.1 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–DEN | Madison to Denver | 102 | 83.3% | 3.4 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–DFW | Madison to Dallas/Fort Worth | 92 | 69.6% | 13.9 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–LGA | Madison to New York | 89 | 88.8% | 0.5 min | 3.4% |
| MSN–ATL | Madison to Atlanta | 88 | 98.9% | -17.6 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–CLT | Madison to Charlotte | 82 | 87.8% | -1.6 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–PHL | Madison to Philadelphia | 81 | 86.4% | -0.1 min | 1.2% |
| MSN–PHX | Madison to Phoenix | 44 | 84.1% | -9.0 min | 2.3% |
| MSN–EWR | Madison to Newark | 31 | 93.5% | -1.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MSN on time in October 2025?
85.9% of 1,306 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 91.0% of 1,029 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 85.9% and 0.5% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.