Williston Basin International in November 2024

75.6%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 168 domestic departures from Williston Basin International (XWA). 75.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 64.3% reached their destination on time; 3.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so XWA departures were 9.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 136 departures with 67.6% leaving on time: a change of +8.0 points, with flights up 24%.

Flights arriving at XWA that month were on time 78.1% of the time (169 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, extreme weather 35% and late-arriving aircraft 14%.

On time 64.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 31.5%
Cancelled 3.6%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	XWA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	75.6%	67.6%	79.1%	85.2%
Arrived on time	64.3%	72.1%	76.5%	84.8%
Cancelled	3.6%	1.5%	1.5%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	40.4 min	28.3 min	25.4 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	5	7	19,180
Scheduled departures	168	136	2,411	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	168	100%	64.3%	36.1 min	3.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
XWA–DEN	Williston to Denver	109	60.6%	46.8 min	5.5%
XWA–MSP	Williston to Minneapolis	59	71.2%	17.5 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	44.7%	36.9%	3,213
Late-arriving aircraft	13.6%	35.6%	976
National Aviation System	6.8%	21.9%	492
Extreme weather	34.9%	5.4%	2,511
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,192 delay minutes on 53 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 2024?

75.6% of 168 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 64.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 67.6% of 136 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 75.6% and 3.6% in November 2024.

Provenance

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