Williston Basin International in February 2024

75.9%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 141 domestic departures from Williston Basin International (XWA). 75.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.0% reached their destination on time; 5.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so XWA departures were 8.1 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at XWA that month were on time 73.0% of the time (141 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 43%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 28%.

On time 73.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.3%
Cancelled 5.7%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	XWA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	75.9%	—	79.1%	84.0%
Arrived on time	73.0%	—	76.5%	83.4%
Cancelled	5.7%	—	1.5%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	31.0 min	—	25.4 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	—	7	17,307
Scheduled departures	141	—	2,411	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	141	100%	73.0%	13.6 min	5.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
XWA–DEN	Williston to Denver	83	71.1%	10.1 min	7.2%
XWA–MSP	Williston to Minneapolis	58	75.9%	18.3 min	3.4%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	27.5%	35.9%	1,102
Late-arriving aircraft	1.5%	36.9%	61
National Aviation System	27.8%	21.7%	1,112
Extreme weather	43.2%	5.3%	1,731
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

4,006 delay minutes on 30 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 February 2024?

75.9% of 141 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.