Springfield-Branson National in October 2023

81.9%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 698 domestic departures from Springfield-Branson National (SGF). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.1% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so SGF departures were 1.9 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SGF that month were on time 82.1% of the time (698 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and extreme weather 15%.

On time 83.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.0%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	SGF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	81.9%	—	78.5%	83.8%
Arrived on time	83.1%	—	77.2%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.7%	—	1.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.8 min	—	18.2 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	23	—	24	19,966
Scheduled departures	698	—	8,569	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	303	43%	85.8%	1.3 min	1.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	176	25%	76.7%	8.8 min	1.1%
OH PSA Airlines	84	12%	85.7%	-2.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	75	11%	76.0%	2.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	60	9%	93.3%	-4.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SGF–DFW	Springfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	239	81.6%	5.5 min	1.7%
SGF–ORD	Springfield to Chicago	149	84.6%	1.4 min	0.7%
SGF–CLT	Springfield to Charlotte	118	89.0%	-3.3 min	0.0%
SGF–ATL	Springfield to Atlanta	86	86.0%	0.6 min	0.0%
SGF–DEN	Springfield to Denver	31	74.2%	8.4 min	0.0%
SGF–AZA	Springfield to Phoenix	18	83.3%	2.4 min	0.0%
SGF–PIE	Springfield to St. Petersburg	13	61.5%	15.9 min	0.0%
SGF–SFB	Springfield to Sanford	13	84.6%	4.4 min	0.0%
SGF–LAS	Springfield to Las Vegas	9	77.8%	-9.2 min	0.0%
SGF–PGD	Springfield to Punta Gorda	9	100.0%	-15.9 min	0.0%
SGF–VPS	Springfield to Valparaiso	9	66.7%	-2.1 min	0.0%
SGF–LAX	Springfield to Los Angeles	4	25.0%	33.5 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	49.3%	41.3%	3,456
Late-arriving aircraft	28.7%	40.5%	2,014
National Aviation System	7.1%	14.4%	496
Extreme weather	14.7%	3.7%	1,033
Security	0.3%	0.2%	18

7,017 delay minutes on 112 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 October 2023?

81.9% of 698 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.