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Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD) delays & on-time performance

Sioux Falls, South Dakota · 14 nonstop destinations · 9 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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

On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.0%
157 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
95 min when late
Departed on time
79%
avg taxi-out 19 min

Figures cover 8,034 departures from FSD; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into FSD were on time 75% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD) arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
  • 2% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
  • Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (87% on time); American Airlines was the least (73%).
  • Departures scheduled around 6am did best (87% on time); around 6pm did worst (53%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (39%).

Most delayed routes from FSD

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 14 routes from FSD →

Most reliable routes from FSD

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at FSD

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

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
Delta Air Lines87%0.8%16 min2730
Envoy Air80%2.5%14 min31,068
United Airlines78%2.5%16 min2711
SkyWest Airlines77%2.1%24 min53,651
Allegiant Air73%0.6%27 min8965
American Airlines73%3.4%35 min2669
Frontier Airlines72%0.0%30 min1150
PSA Airlines70%0.0%26 min130
Republic Airways64%3.3%22 min160

Best time to fly out of FSD

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

  • 5am87%810 flts
  • 6am87%793 flts
  • 7am81%480 flts
  • 8am85%626 flts
  • 9am76%371 flts
  • 10am82%359 flts
  • 11am80%396 flts
  • 12pm70%481 flts
  • 1pm80%923 flts
  • 2pm79%572 flts
  • 3pm69%163 flts
  • 4pm75%443 flts
  • 5pm65%725 flts
  • 6pm53%382 flts
  • 7pm65%221 flts
  • 8pm73%184 flts
  • 9pm69%101 flts

Monthly trend

40%70%100%July 2025: 66.3% on time, 1.7% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 71.0% on time, 1.5% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 78.9% on time, 0.9% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 76.4% on time, 0.3% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 75.3% on time, 5.0% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 59.9% on time, 2.3% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 80.8% on time, 1.8% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 86.9% on time, 0.3% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 79.8% on time, 4.5% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 79.2% on time, 1.8% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 79.2% on time, 0.5% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 78.0% on time, 2.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 81.6% on time, 2.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)39%
  • Late-arriving aircraft29%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion17%
  • Extreme weather15%
  • 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.