Springfield-Branson National in December 2023

85.7%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 582 domestic departures from Springfield-Branson National (SGF). 85.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.4% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so SGF departures were 2.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SGF that month were on time 90.2% of the time (583 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 84.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.6%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	SGF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	85.7%	—	78.5%	83.1%
Arrived on time	84.4%	—	77.2%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.0 min	—	18.2 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	19	—	24	19,013
Scheduled departures	582	—	8,569	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	342	59%	84.8%	4.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	59	10%	88.1%	-8.3 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	54	9%	79.6%	1.3 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	48	8%	83.3%	-0.3 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	47	8%	74.5%	0.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	32	5%	96.9%	-16.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SGF–DFW	Springfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	227	85.9%	-3.6 min	0.0%
SGF–CLT	Springfield to Charlotte	92	87.0%	-0.1 min	0.0%
SGF–ORD	Springfield to Chicago	91	80.2%	23.1 min	0.0%
SGF–ATL	Springfield to Atlanta	88	83.0%	-6.6 min	0.0%
SGF–DEN	Springfield to Denver	30	90.0%	-10.3 min	0.0%
SGF–AZA	Springfield to Phoenix	12	83.3%	-5.7 min	0.0%
SGF–PIE	Springfield to St. Petersburg	12	75.0%	8.4 min	0.0%
SGF–SFB	Springfield to Sanford	11	81.8%	-3.4 min	0.0%
SGF–LAS	Springfield to Las Vegas	9	77.8%	-3.9 min	0.0%
SGF–LAX	Springfield to Los Angeles	7	100.0%	-8.9 min	0.0%
SGF–PGD	Springfield to Punta Gorda	3	33.3%	57.7 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	30.7%	37.1%	1,949
Late-arriving aircraft	49.5%	38.8%	3,146
National Aviation System	16.8%	17.6%	1,067
Extreme weather	3.1%	6.2%	195
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

6,357 delay minutes on 91 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 December 2023?

85.7% of 582 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.