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Airport month · January 2026
Dane County Regional-Truax Field in January 2026
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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,022 domestic departures from Dane County Regional-Truax Field (MSN). 72.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.1% reached their destination on time; 5.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so MSN departures were 3.3 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 961 departures with 82.0% leaving on time: a change of −9.7 points, with flights up 6%.
Flights arriving at MSN that month were on time 63.1% of the time (1,026 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 17%.
- On time 69.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.0%
- Cancelled 5.9%
- Diverted 0.1%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | MSN, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 72.3% | 82.0% | 79.6% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 69.1% | 80.0% | 76.5% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 5.9% | 2.4% | 2.9% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 26.6 min | 16.7 min | 19.7 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 34 | 32 | 39 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,022 | 961 | 14,127 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 217 | 21% | 69.6% | 10.8 min | 6.9% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 195 | 19% | 59.5% | 44.1 min | 1.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 180 | 18% | 68.9% | 14.6 min | 8.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 148 | 14% | 77.0% | 7.8 min | 0.7% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 130 | 13% | 53.8% | 32.8 min | 16.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 113 | 11% | 88.5% | -17.3 min | 3.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 36 | 4% | 80.6% | 0.0 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 3 | 0% | 66.7% | -8.5 min | 33.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSN–ORD | Madison to Chicago | 317 | 60.3% | 31.8 min | 3.5% |
| MSN–DCA | Madison to Washington | 98 | 65.3% | 9.3 min | 13.3% |
| MSN–DFW | Madison to Dallas/Fort Worth | 92 | 67.4% | 13.2 min | 9.8% |
| MSN–ATL | Madison to Atlanta | 84 | 88.1% | -22.1 min | 4.8% |
| MSN–LGA | Madison to New York | 84 | 76.2% | -0.6 min | 9.5% |
| MSN–DTW | Madison to Detroit | 74 | 59.5% | 49.9 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–CLT | Madison to Charlotte | 67 | 65.7% | 18.5 min | 11.9% |
| MSN–DEN | Madison to Denver | 65 | 87.7% | -5.9 min | 1.5% |
| MSN–MSP | Madison to Minneapolis | 53 | 81.1% | 1.8 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–PHX | Madison to Phoenix | 52 | 69.2% | 16.0 min | 5.8% |
| MSN–EWR | Madison to Newark | 31 | 77.4% | 23.1 min | 9.7% |
| MSN–MIA | Madison to Miami | 5 | 60.0% | 31.0 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MSN on time in January 2026?
72.3% of 1,022 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 82.0% of 961 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 72.3% and 5.9% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.