Williston Basin International in January 2024

70.5%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 149 domestic departures from Williston Basin International (XWA). 70.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.8% reached their destination on time; 5.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so XWA departures were 3.5 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at XWA that month were on time 69.1% of the time (149 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 67%, late-arriving aircraft 14% and extreme weather 11%.

On time 71.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.8%
Cancelled 5.4%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from XWA in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	XWA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	70.5%	—	79.1%	74.0%
Arrived on time	71.8%	—	76.5%	72.9%
Cancelled	5.4%	—	1.5%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	31.6 min	—	25.4 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	—	7	18,242
Scheduled departures	149	—	2,411	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	149	100%	71.8%	18.9 min	5.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
XWA–DEN	Williston to Denver	88	70.5%	22.0 min	5.7%
XWA–MSP	Williston to Minneapolis	61	73.8%	14.6 min	4.9%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	67.4%	32.6%	2,906
Late-arriving aircraft	13.9%	39.0%	599
National Aviation System	7.7%	17.9%	334
Extreme weather	11.0%	10.3%	475
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,314 delay minutes on 34 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 January 2024?

70.5% of 149 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.