Springfield-Branson National in May 2024

68.2%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 736 domestic departures from Springfield-Branson National (SGF). 68.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.0% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so SGF departures were 5.2 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at SGF that month were on time 63.8% of the time (737 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 30% and extreme weather 17%.

On time 66.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.4%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 1.0%

Every scheduled departure from SGF in May 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	SGF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	68.2%	—	78.5%	73.4%
Arrived on time	66.0%	—	77.2%	72.3%
Cancelled	2.6%	—	1.9%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	29.4 min	—	18.2 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	25	—	24	20,325
Scheduled departures	736	—	8,569	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	328	45%	63.4%	23.3 min	4.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	152	21%	69.7%	21.8 min	3.3%
OH PSA Airlines	92	13%	47.8%	53.3 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	81	11%	77.8%	7.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	77	10%	77.9%	10.5 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	6	1%	83.3%	1.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SGF–DFW	Springfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	246	59.8%	26.1 min	5.7%
SGF–ORD	Springfield to Chicago	143	66.4%	26.7 min	3.5%
SGF–CLT	Springfield to Charlotte	121	56.2%	40.7 min	0.0%
SGF–ATL	Springfield to Atlanta	88	79.5%	8.5 min	0.0%
SGF–DEN	Springfield to Denver	56	76.8%	11.9 min	0.0%
SGF–PIE	Springfield to St. Petersburg	18	72.2%	0.2 min	0.0%
SGF–SFB	Springfield to Sanford	15	66.7%	19.9 min	0.0%
SGF–AZA	Springfield to Phoenix	13	92.3%	27.6 min	0.0%
SGF–LAS	Springfield to Las Vegas	11	90.9%	-10.0 min	0.0%
SGF–LAX	Springfield to Los Angeles	10	80.0%	-3.6 min	0.0%
SGF–PGD	Springfield to Punta Gorda	9	55.6%	15.9 min	0.0%
SGF–VPS	Springfield to Valparaiso	5	100.0%	-15.8 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	29.8%	29.8%	6,036
Late-arriving aircraft	37.8%	43.0%	7,636
National Aviation System	15.8%	20.1%	3,205
Extreme weather	16.5%	7.0%	3,346
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

20,223 delay minutes on 224 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 May 2024?

68.2% of 736 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 2023 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 May 2024; 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.