Dane County Regional Truax Field (MSN) delays & on-time performance
Madison, Wisconsin · 21 nonstop destinations · 8 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at MSN 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
2.9%
412 flights
Avg arrival delay
21 min
97 min when late
Departed on time
82%
avg taxi-out 17 min
Figures cover 14,127 departures from MSN; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into MSN were on time 75% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Dane County Regional Truax Field (MSN) arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 2.9% were cancelled, and 9% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (89% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (75%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (91% on time); around 3pm did worst (68%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (39%).
Most delayed routes from MSN
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ORD · Chicago73%4,103 flts
- DCA · Washington74%1,213 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth74%1,093 flts
- PHX · Phoenix80%592 flts
- DEN · Denver81%1,099 flts
- DTW · Detroit82%902 flts
- PHL · Philadelphia83%450 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis83%1,134 flts
- CLT · Charlotte84%1,013 flts
- LGA · New York86%914 flts
Most reliable routes from MSN
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ATL · Atlanta90%1,029 flts
- EWR · Newark88%435 flts
- LGA · New York86%914 flts
- CLT · Charlotte84%1,013 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis83%1,134 flts
- PHL · Philadelphia83%450 flts
- DTW · Detroit82%902 flts
- DEN · Denver81%1,099 flts
- PHX · Phoenix80%592 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth74%1,093 flts
Best airline at MSN
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 89% | 1.8% | 11 min | 4 | 1,724 |
| Republic Airways | 80% | 4.2% | 17 min | 8 | 2,260 |
| Envoy Air | 80% | 3.6% | 16 min | 6 | 1,183 |
| American Airlines | 79% | 1.7% | 25 min | 7 | 2,231 |
| United Airlines | 78% | 1.6% | 16 min | 6 | 1,833 |
| PSA Airlines | 76% | 5.1% | 28 min | 5 | 1,860 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 75% | 2.7% | 28 min | 7 | 2,878 |
| Frontier Airlines | 70% | 3.2% | 28 min | 2 | 158 |
Best time to fly out of MSN
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am91%824 flts
- 6am86%2,177 flts
- 7am87%1,233 flts
- 8am83%1,194 flts
- 9am85%661 flts
- 10am81%717 flts
- 11am79%884 flts
- 12pm76%665 flts
- 1pm77%668 flts
- 2pm78%835 flts
- 3pm68%1,175 flts
- 4pm68%648 flts
- 5pm69%1,652 flts
- 6pm74%447 flts
- 8pm66%227 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)39%
- Late-arriving aircraft33%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion19%
- Extreme weather9%
- 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.