Williston Basin International in November 2023

67.6%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 136 domestic departures from Williston Basin International (XWA). 67.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.1% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so XWA departures were 18.4 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at XWA that month were on time 81.6% of the time (136 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, extreme weather 40% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 72.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.5%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from XWA in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	XWA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	67.6%	—	79.1%	86.0%
Arrived on time	72.1%	—	76.5%	86.2%
Cancelled	1.5%	—	1.5%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.3 min	—	25.4 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	—	7	18,793
Scheduled departures	136	—	2,411	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	136	100%	72.1%	16.1 min	1.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
XWA–DEN	Williston to Denver	78	75.6%	9.4 min	1.3%
XWA–MSP	Williston to Minneapolis	58	67.2%	25.2 min	1.7%

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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	42.7%	42.5%	1,395
Late-arriving aircraft	5.0%	37.3%	162
National Aviation System	10.3%	16.2%	337
Extreme weather	40.2%	3.7%	1,312
Security	1.8%	0.3%	59

3,265 delay minutes on 36 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 XWA on time in November 2023?

67.6% of 136 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for XWA · methodology · corrections.