Dane County Regional-Truax Field in February 2026

80.6%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 962 domestic departures from Dane County Regional-Truax Field (MSN). 80.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.9% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so MSN departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 848 departures with 78.7% leaving on time: a change of +1.9 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at MSN that month were on time 73.5% of the time (962 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 77.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.5%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from MSN in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	MSN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	80.6%	78.7%	79.6%	78.1%
Arrived on time	77.9%	75.8%	76.5%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.6%	1.5%	2.9%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.6 min	18.9 min	19.7 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	32	28	39	17,168
Scheduled departures	962	848	14,127	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	202	21%	75.2%	0.0 min	5.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	179	19%	68.2%	19.9 min	0.6%
AA American Airlines	174	18%	84.5%	-4.4 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	142	15%	83.1%	-2.5 min	0.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	106	11%	90.6%	-14.4 min	0.9%
OH PSA Airlines	100	10%	67.0%	15.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	59	6%	79.7%	-0.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSN–ORD	Madison to Chicago	262	74.0%	7.3 min	0.8%
MSN–DCA	Madison to Washington	103	67.0%	17.3 min	1.9%
MSN–DTW	Madison to Detroit	93	73.1%	10.3 min	0.0%
MSN–DFW	Madison to Dallas/Fort Worth	84	86.9%	-6.3 min	0.0%
MSN–LGA	Madison to New York	80	78.8%	-4.0 min	8.8%
MSN–ATL	Madison to Atlanta	78	91.0%	-20.0 min	1.3%
MSN–CLT	Madison to Charlotte	72	80.6%	-1.6 min	1.4%
MSN–MSP	Madison to Minneapolis	57	73.7%	16.3 min	0.0%
MSN–DEN	Madison to Denver	56	83.9%	-3.1 min	0.0%
MSN–PHX	Madison to Phoenix	45	82.2%	-1.7 min	0.0%
MSN–EWR	Madison to Newark	28	82.1%	-12.8 min	7.1%
MSN–MIA	Madison to Miami	4	100.0%	-19.5 min	0.0%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	42.6%	38.2%	6,132
Late-arriving aircraft	29.5%	37.2%	4,254
National Aviation System	15.4%	18.5%	2,218
Extreme weather	12.5%	6.0%	1,798
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

14,402 delay minutes on 197 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 February 2026?

80.6% of 962 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 78.7% of 848 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 80.6% and 1.6% in February 2026.

Provenance

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