Dane County Regional-Truax Field in March 2026

72.7%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,128 domestic departures from Dane County Regional-Truax Field (MSN). 72.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.0% reached their destination on time; 6.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so MSN departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 1,066 departures with 86.0% leaving on time: a change of −13.3 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at MSN that month were on time 66.3% of the time (1,128 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 70.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.5%
Cancelled 6.8%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	MSN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	72.7%	86.0%	79.6%	72.8%
Arrived on time	70.0%	82.7%	76.5%	73.2%
Cancelled	6.8%	0.7%	2.9%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.0 min	12.2 min	19.7 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	38	36	39	20,403
Scheduled departures	1,128	1,066	14,127	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	250	22%	66.4%	13.9 min	9.2%
AA American Airlines	216	19%	75.0%	10.8 min	2.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	161	14%	57.1%	33.1 min	13.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	147	13%	87.1%	-11.9 min	2.7%
UA United Airlines	123	11%	74.8%	8.2 min	5.7%
OH PSA Airlines	110	10%	60.9%	17.7 min	6.4%
MQ Envoy Air	88	8%	70.5%	7.0 min	9.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	33	3%	63.6%	17.6 min	6.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSN–ORD	Madison to Chicago	344	61.3%	24.1 min	11.0%
MSN–DCA	Madison to Washington	115	60.9%	23.3 min	6.1%
MSN–DFW	Madison to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	74.2%	10.0 min	2.2%
MSN–ATL	Madison to Atlanta	92	87.0%	-13.5 min	1.1%
MSN–CLT	Madison to Charlotte	92	76.1%	4.1 min	3.3%
MSN–LGA	Madison to New York	89	64.0%	9.1 min	13.5%
MSN–DEN	Madison to Denver	77	77.9%	2.5 min	3.9%
MSN–MSP	Madison to Minneapolis	62	74.2%	9.0 min	6.5%
MSN–PHX	Madison to Phoenix	60	70.0%	20.4 min	1.7%
MSN–DTW	Madison to Detroit	51	86.3%	-3.6 min	3.9%
MSN–EWR	Madison to Newark	31	87.1%	-9.8 min	6.5%
MSN–MCO	Madison to Orlando	18	61.1%	10.4 min	11.1%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	28.3%	33.5%	6,413
Late-arriving aircraft	42.0%	39.3%	9,539
National Aviation System	22.7%	21.0%	5,155
Extreme weather	6.5%	5.9%	1,483
Security	0.5%	0.2%	103

22,693 delay minutes on 254 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 March 2026?

72.7% of 1,128 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 86.0% of 1,066 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 72.7% and 6.8% in March 2026.

Provenance

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