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Airport month · April 2026
Dane County Regional-Truax Field in April 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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,245 domestic departures from Dane County Regional-Truax Field (MSN). 80.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.2% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so MSN departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 1,051 departures with 86.0% leaving on time: a change of −5.7 points, with flights up 18%.
Flights arriving at MSN that month were on time 75.6% of the time (1,245 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 34%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 78.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.2%
- Cancelled 2.3%
- Diverted 0.2%
April 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Apr 2026 | Apr 2025 | MSN, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Apr 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.3% | 86.0% | 79.6% | 79.1% |
| Arrived on time | 78.2% | 81.6% | 76.5% | 78.9% |
| Cancelled | 2.3% | 0.6% | 2.9% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 16.9 min | 10.9 min | 19.7 min | 14.5 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 42 | 35 | 39 | 19,931 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,245 | 1,051 | 14,127 | 597,919 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 232 | 19% | 81.5% | -0.6 min | 1.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 231 | 19% | 67.1% | 22.5 min | 4.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 209 | 17% | 83.7% | 1.7 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 154 | 12% | 80.5% | 5.0 min | 0.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 150 | 12% | 86.0% | -3.6 min | 2.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 137 | 11% | 75.2% | 3.2 min | 5.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 123 | 10% | 73.2% | 7.4 min | 3.3% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 9 | 1% | 100.0% | -17.4 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSN–ORD | Madison to Chicago | 427 | 68.1% | 18.9 min | 4.4% |
| MSN–DCA | Madison to Washington | 109 | 75.2% | 8.0 min | 0.9% |
| MSN–MSP | Madison to Minneapolis | 96 | 86.5% | -4.9 min | 2.1% |
| MSN–CLT | Madison to Charlotte | 91 | 84.6% | 5.4 min | 1.1% |
| MSN–ATL | Madison to Atlanta | 90 | 83.3% | -4.1 min | 2.2% |
| MSN–DFW | Madison to Dallas/Fort Worth | 90 | 83.3% | -2.6 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–LGA | Madison to New York | 86 | 81.4% | -4.4 min | 1.2% |
| MSN–DEN | Madison to Denver | 76 | 85.5% | -6.9 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–PHX | Madison to Phoenix | 56 | 75.0% | 17.8 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–DTW | Madison to Detroit | 50 | 92.0% | -13.2 min | 2.0% |
| MSN–PHL | Madison to Philadelphia | 43 | 97.7% | -19.3 min | 0.0% |
| MSN–EWR | Madison to Newark | 30 | 86.7% | -1.6 min | 3.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MSN on time in April 2026?
80.3% of 1,245 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In April 2025, 86.0% of 1,051 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 80.3% and 2.3% in April 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 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.