Springfield-Branson National in October 2024

85.4%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 898 domestic departures from Springfield-Branson National (SGF). 85.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.7% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so SGF departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 698 departures with 81.9% leaving on time: a change of +3.5 points, with flights up 29%.

Flights arriving at SGF that month were on time 87.6% of the time (898 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 56%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 85.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.9%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	SGF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	85.4%	81.9%	78.5%	85.5%
Arrived on time	85.7%	83.1%	77.2%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.7%	1.9%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.5 min	11.8 min	18.2 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	30	23	24	20,517
Scheduled departures	898	698	8,569	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	298	33%	89.9%	-3.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	296	33%	83.4%	11.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	119	13%	79.0%	13.3 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	99	11%	91.9%	-6.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	71	8%	83.1%	0.7 min	4.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	15	2%	73.3%	18.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SGF–DFW	Springfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	271	88.2%	0.4 min	0.0%
SGF–ORD	Springfield to Chicago	173	85.0%	3.0 min	0.0%
SGF–ATL	Springfield to Atlanta	114	89.5%	-3.0 min	0.0%
SGF–CLT	Springfield to Charlotte	114	82.5%	4.5 min	0.0%
SGF–DEN	Springfield to Denver	93	83.9%	11.2 min	0.0%
SGF–IAH	Springfield to Houston	62	82.3%	27.0 min	0.0%
SGF–AZA	Springfield to Phoenix	21	95.2%	-8.2 min	0.0%
SGF–SFB	Springfield to Sanford	13	69.2%	20.1 min	7.7%
SGF–PIE	Springfield to St. Petersburg	9	66.7%	2.9 min	11.1%
SGF–LAS	Springfield to Las Vegas	8	87.5%	-2.5 min	0.0%
SGF–LAX	Springfield to Los Angeles	8	87.5%	7.9 min	0.0%
SGF–PGD	Springfield to Punta Gorda	8	75.0%	-3.4 min	12.5%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	56.0%	42.7%	5,963
Late-arriving aircraft	33.5%	37.4%	3,567
National Aviation System	8.6%	16.3%	912
Extreme weather	2.0%	3.4%	214
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,656 delay minutes on 125 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 2024?

85.4% of 898 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 81.9% of 698 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 85.4% and 0.3% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.