Springfield-Branson National in September 2023

83.5%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 648 domestic departures from Springfield-Branson National (SGF). 83.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so SGF departures were 3.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SGF that month were on time 81.1% of the time (647 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 81.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.5%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from SGF in September 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	SGF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	83.5%	—	78.5%	80.5%
Arrived on time	81.0%	—	77.2%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.9%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.4 min	—	18.2 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	—	24	18,978
Scheduled departures	648	—	8,569	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	292	45%	83.6%	0.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	173	27%	75.7%	12.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	61	9%	73.8%	28.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	55	8%	74.5%	3.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	51	8%	96.1%	1.9 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	16	2%	93.8%	-9.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SGF–DFW	Springfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	227	81.9%	0.6 min	0.0%
SGF–ORD	Springfield to Chicago	139	75.5%	11.5 min	0.0%
SGF–CLT	Springfield to Charlotte	103	81.6%	3.2 min	0.0%
SGF–ATL	Springfield to Atlanta	84	91.7%	0.6 min	0.0%
SGF–DEN	Springfield to Denver	34	82.4%	8.7 min	0.0%
SGF–AZA	Springfield to Phoenix	12	75.0%	15.9 min	0.0%
SGF–LAS	Springfield to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	137.0 min	0.0%
SGF–PGD	Springfield to Punta Gorda	9	77.8%	1.8 min	0.0%
SGF–PIE	Springfield to St. Petersburg	9	100.0%	-6.1 min	0.0%
SGF–SFB	Springfield to Sanford	9	66.7%	27.8 min	0.0%
SGF–VPS	Springfield to Valparaiso	8	75.0%	-2.0 min	0.0%
SGF–LAX	Springfield to Los Angeles	5	40.0%	23.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	35.9%	36.4%	2,972
Late-arriving aircraft	38.0%	38.3%	3,147
National Aviation System	16.2%	19.9%	1,343
Extreme weather	10.0%	5.1%	825
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,287 delay minutes on 120 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 SGF on time in September 2023?

83.5% of 648 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for SGF · methodology · corrections.