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Airport month · December 2025
Dane County Regional-Truax Field in December 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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,029 domestic departures from Dane County Regional-Truax Field (MSN). 71.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.5% reached their destination on time; 3.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so MSN departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 940 departures with 77.9% leaving on time: a change of −6.0 points, with flights up 9%.
Flights arriving at MSN that month were on time 61.4% of the time (1,026 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 70.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.1%
- Cancelled 3.1%
- Diverted 0.3%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | MSN, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 71.9% | 77.9% | 79.6% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 70.5% | 75.2% | 76.5% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 3.1% | 0.6% | 2.9% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 30.8 min | 19.9 min | 19.7 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 34 | 31 | 39 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,029 | 940 | 14,127 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 205 | 20% | 83.4% | 4.4 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 197 | 19% | 54.3% | 61.1 min | 4.6% |
| YX Republic Airline | 179 | 17% | 72.6% | 6.6 min | 3.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 151 | 15% | 77.5% | 15.2 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 117 | 11% | 78.6% | 14.5 min | 4.3% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 106 | 10% | 57.5% | 28.0 min | 5.7% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 63 | 6% | 66.7% | 10.0 min | 7.9% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 11 | 1% | 45.5% | 121.9 min | 9.1% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSN–ORD | Madison to Chicago | 301 | 60.5% | 32.0 min | 6.0% |
| MSN–DFW | Madison to Dallas/Fort Worth | 93 | 81.7% | 5.4 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–CLT | Madison to Charlotte | 90 | 87.8% | -7.6 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–DTW | Madison to Detroit | 88 | 60.2% | 48.9 min | 2.3% |
| MSN–DCA | Madison to Washington | 82 | 63.4% | 21.5 min | 3.7% |
| MSN–ATL | Madison to Atlanta | 79 | 81.0% | 18.4 min | 3.8% |
| MSN–LGA | Madison to New York | 79 | 70.9% | 5.8 min | 5.1% |
| MSN–DEN | Madison to Denver | 74 | 77.0% | 29.5 min | 1.4% |
| MSN–MSP | Madison to Minneapolis | 58 | 67.2% | 33.2 min | 1.7% |
| MSN–PHX | Madison to Phoenix | 50 | 76.0% | 21.6 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–EWR | Madison to Newark | 31 | 80.6% | 11.0 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–MIA | Madison to Miami | 4 | 100.0% | -9.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MSN on time in December 2025?
71.9% of 1,029 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 77.9% of 940 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 71.9% and 3.1% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.