Springfield-Branson National in March 2026

76.0%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 597 domestic departures from Springfield-Branson National (SGF). 76.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.2% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so SGF departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 759 departures with 76.3% leaving on time: a change of −0.3 points, with flights down 21%.

Flights arriving at SGF that month were on time 79.7% of the time (597 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, national aviation system 27% and air carrier 20%.

On time 76.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.9%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from SGF in March 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	SGF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	76.0%	76.3%	78.5%	72.8%
Arrived on time	76.2%	72.7%	77.2%	73.2%
Cancelled	1.8%	1.2%	1.9%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.1 min	22.0 min	18.2 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	25	24	20,403
Scheduled departures	597	759	8,569	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	322	54%	79.2%	5.8 min	1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	104	17%	74.0%	0.7 min	3.8%
OH PSA Airlines	81	14%	74.1%	25.4 min	3.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	63	11%	66.7%	27.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	27	5%	77.8%	15.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
SGF–DFW	Springfield to Dallas/Fort Worth	229	83.8%	5.5 min	1.3%
SGF–ORD	Springfield to Chicago	95	58.9%	26.6 min	4.2%
SGF–DEN	Springfield to Denver	93	76.3%	-1.0 min	3.2%
SGF–CLT	Springfield to Charlotte	86	83.7%	1.1 min	1.2%
SGF–ATL	Springfield to Atlanta	27	77.8%	15.6 min	0.0%
SGF–AZA	Springfield to Phoenix	17	88.2%	22.2 min	0.0%
SGF–SFB	Springfield to Sanford	13	61.5%	42.4 min	0.0%
SGF–PIE	Springfield to St. Petersburg	12	25.0%	54.4 min	0.0%
SGF–PGD	Springfield to Punta Gorda	11	72.7%	21.8 min	0.0%
SGF–LAS	Springfield to Las Vegas	10	80.0%	-6.6 min	0.0%
SGF–MIA	Springfield to Miami	4	25.0%	52.8 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	19.5%	33.5%	2,406
Late-arriving aircraft	44.5%	39.3%	5,475
National Aviation System	27.1%	21.0%	3,338
Extreme weather	8.5%	5.9%	1,051
Security	0.3%	0.2%	40

12,310 delay minutes on 131 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 March 2026?

76.0% of 597 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 76.3% of 759 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 76.0% and 1.8% in March 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2026; 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.