On-Time Report

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Airport month · December 2024

Springfield-Branson National in December 2024

73.6%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 826 domestic departures from Springfield-Branson National (SGF). 73.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.5% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so SGF departures were 4.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 582 departures with 85.7% leaving on time: a change of −12.1 points, with flights up 42%.

Flights arriving at SGF that month were on time 76.7% of the time (825 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 25% and extreme weather 14%.

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

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

MeasureDec 2024Dec 2023SGF, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time73.6%85.7%78.5%77.8%
Arrived on time73.5%84.4%77.2%78.1%
Cancelled0.5%0.0%1.9%0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)23.9 min12.0 min18.2 min16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day28192419,686
Scheduled departures8265828,569590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MQ Envoy Air33741%74.5%21.0 min0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines24830%71.4%18.1 min0.8%
9E Endeavor Air10312%78.6%5.4 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air789%82.1%0.6 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines577%54.4%30.5 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines30%100.0%-4.7 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
SGF–DFWSpringfield to Dallas/Fort Worth26273.3%15.7 min1.1%
SGF–ORDSpringfield to Chicago12968.2%38.4 min0.0%
SGF–CLTSpringfield to Charlotte11162.2%26.7 min0.0%
SGF–ATLSpringfield to Atlanta10679.2%5.1 min0.0%
SGF–DENSpringfield to Denver9583.2%1.0 min0.0%
SGF–IAHSpringfield to Houston4568.9%26.1 min2.2%
SGF–AZASpringfield to Phoenix2085.0%0.5 min0.0%
SGF–PIESpringfield to St. Petersburg1675.0%12.0 min0.0%
SGF–SFBSpringfield to Sanford1369.2%6.6 min0.0%
SGF–LAXSpringfield to Los Angeles1190.9%-19.3 min0.0%
SGF–LASSpringfield to Las Vegas988.9%-11.0 min0.0%
SGF–PGDSpringfield to Punta Gorda988.9%7.8 min0.0%

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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Dec 2024Minutes
Air carrier24.6%34.3%4,543
Late-arriving aircraft49.1%40.2%9,063
National Aviation System12.4%17.8%2,296
Extreme weather13.6%7.5%2,519
Security0.2%0.2%37
18,458 delay minutes on 214 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left SGF on time in December 2024?

73.6% of 826 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 85.7% of 582 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 73.6% and 0.5% in December 2024.

Provenance

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