Springfield-Branson National in December 2025

76.2%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 656 domestic departures from Springfield-Branson National (SGF). 76.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.2% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so SGF departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 826 departures with 73.6% leaving on time: a change of +2.6 points, with flights down 21%.

Flights arriving at SGF that month were on time 75.2% of the time (656 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, national aviation system 21% and air carrier 17%.

On time 75.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.2%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	SGF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	76.2%	73.6%	78.5%	72.0%
Arrived on time	75.2%	73.5%	77.2%	71.9%
Cancelled	1.5%	0.5%	1.9%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.3 min	23.9 min	18.2 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	22	28	24	19,410
Scheduled departures	656	826	8,569	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	335	51%	79.4%	3.0 min	0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	121	18%	65.3%	20.4 min	3.3%
OH PSA Airlines	106	16%	74.5%	4.5 min	2.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	75	11%	73.3%	17.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	19	3%	73.7%	10.6 min	5.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SGF–DFW	Springfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	258	82.2%	1.0 min	0.4%
SGF–CLT	Springfield to Charlotte	106	79.2%	-0.7 min	2.8%
SGF–ORD	Springfield to Chicago	102	53.9%	24.1 min	4.9%
SGF–DEN	Springfield to Denver	92	75.0%	15.2 min	0.0%
SGF–AZA	Springfield to Phoenix	21	76.2%	2.5 min	0.0%
SGF–ATL	Springfield to Atlanta	19	73.7%	10.6 min	5.3%
SGF–PIE	Springfield to St. Petersburg	17	64.7%	73.8 min	0.0%
SGF–SFB	Springfield to Sanford	15	53.3%	19.3 min	0.0%
SGF–LAS	Springfield to Las Vegas	11	90.9%	-17.9 min	0.0%
SGF–PGD	Springfield to Punta Gorda	11	90.9%	-9.5 min	0.0%
SGF–MIA	Springfield to Miami	4	100.0%	-14.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	17.1%	33.3%	1,896
Late-arriving aircraft	45.9%	41.1%	5,082
National Aviation System	21.2%	19.1%	2,348
Extreme weather	15.8%	6.4%	1,746
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

11,072 delay minutes on 152 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 2025?

76.2% of 656 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 73.6% of 826 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 76.2% and 1.5% in December 2025.

Provenance

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