Springfield-Branson National in May 2025

74.4%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 819 domestic departures from Springfield-Branson National (SGF). 74.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.6% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so SGF departures were 2.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 736 departures with 68.2% leaving on time: a change of +6.2 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at SGF that month were on time 75.3% of the time (822 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 34%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 69.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.8%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from SGF in May 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	SGF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	74.4%	68.2%	78.5%	76.7%
Arrived on time	69.6%	66.0%	77.2%	75.4%
Cancelled	1.3%	2.6%	1.9%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.7 min	29.4 min	18.2 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	27	25	24	20,188
Scheduled departures	819	736	8,569	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	370	45%	71.9%	21.6 min	1.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	265	32%	70.9%	26.6 min	1.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	95	12%	69.5%	18.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	89	11%	56.2%	33.8 min	2.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SGF–DFW	Springfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	247	66.4%	23.0 min	2.0%
SGF–ORD	Springfield to Chicago	141	74.5%	27.4 min	0.7%
SGF–CLT	Springfield to Charlotte	120	66.7%	24.7 min	1.7%
SGF–DEN	Springfield to Denver	118	69.5%	27.5 min	0.8%
SGF–IAH	Springfield to Houston	98	74.5%	23.5 min	2.0%
SGF–PIE	Springfield to St. Petersburg	21	52.4%	31.5 min	0.0%
SGF–AZA	Springfield to Phoenix	20	95.0%	-6.6 min	0.0%
SGF–SFB	Springfield to Sanford	17	52.9%	65.8 min	0.0%
SGF–LAS	Springfield to Las Vegas	11	54.5%	3.5 min	0.0%
SGF–PGD	Springfield to Punta Gorda	10	80.0%	10.0 min	0.0%
SGF–LAX	Springfield to Los Angeles	8	75.0%	-0.7 min	0.0%
SGF–VPS	Springfield to Valparaiso	8	87.5%	-0.2 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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	28.2%	29.3%	6,542
Late-arriving aircraft	33.8%	37.8%	7,836
National Aviation System	21.6%	25.9%	5,004
Extreme weather	16.2%	6.9%	3,761
Security	0.1%	0.1%	20

23,163 delay minutes on 236 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 2025?

74.4% of 819 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 68.2% of 736 departures left on time and 2.6% were cancelled, against 74.4% and 1.3% in May 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2025; 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.