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Hector International Airport (FAR) delays & on-time performance

Fargo, North Dakota · 11 nonstop destinations · 6 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at FAR right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.

On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.7%
115 flights
Avg arrival delay
20 min
89 min when late
Departed on time
81%
avg taxi-out 20 min

Figures cover 6,893 departures from FAR; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into FAR were on time 78% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Hector International Airport (FAR) arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
  • 1.7% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
  • Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (87% on time); United Airlines was the least (73%).
  • Departures scheduled around 5am did best (88% on time); around 11am did worst (70%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (36%).

Most delayed routes from FAR

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 11 routes from FAR →

Most reliable routes from FAR

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at FAR

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
Delta Air Lines87%0.4%13 min2700
Envoy Air82%2.4%15 min32,255
Allegiant Air78%0.4%18 min5748
Frontier Airlines78%0.0%13 min1178
SkyWest Airlines74%2.0%27 min42,649
United Airlines73%0.6%23 min1363

Best time to fly out of FAR

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 5am88%624 flts
  • 6am84%642 flts
  • 7am82%794 flts
  • 9am74%422 flts
  • 10am81%411 flts
  • 11am70%540 flts
  • 12pm77%484 flts
  • 1pm80%853 flts
  • 2pm77%310 flts
  • 3pm81%90 flts
  • 4pm78%342 flts
  • 5pm72%788 flts
  • 6pm73%148 flts
  • 7pm71%201 flts
  • 9pm79%114 flts

Monthly trend

50%75%100%July 2025: 73.1% on time, 0.3% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 76.2% on time, 0.6% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 83.0% on time, 0.5% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 84.4% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 78.9% on time, 3.2% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 66.9% on time, 2.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 70.9% on time, 3.6% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 75.6% on time, 0.7% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 78.7% on time, 2.3% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 79.3% on time, 2.6% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 84.0% on time, 0.8% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 80.8% on time, 2.2% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 82.5% on time, 1.5% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)36%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion27%
  • Late-arriving aircraft26%
  • Extreme weather11%
  • Security0%

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.