Airport reliability

Minot (MOT) on-time performance

How reliably flights leave Minot, ND (MOT) and reach their destinations, by airline, departure hour and month, September 2025 to August 2026.

Historical performance Official DOT data through August 2026 · Not live flight status

Minot, ND2,667 departures in 12 months

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Departures on time: 78.9%
Cancelled: 1.5%
60+ minutes late: 8.4%
Scheduled departures: 2,667

What this means

MOT departures beat the U.S. average.

78.9% of the 2,667 scheduled departures from Minot (MOT) arrived at their destination on time, 3.3 points higher than the U.S. average of 75.6%.
1.5% of departures were cancelled (U.S. average 1.9%), and 8.4% arrived an hour or more late.
Flights arriving at MOT were on time 76.6% of the time.
Over the last 3 years, September was the most reliable month for departures from MOT (85.0% on time) and December the least reliable (72.4%).
Cancellations peaked in January, when 4.3% of flights were cancelled.
Flights scheduled to depart before 6 am were the most punctual (85.7% on time); flights scheduled to depart 6 pm to 7 pm were the least (68.2%).

Airlines at MOT

Ranked by on-time arrival

Departures from MOT, September 2025 to August 2026. On time means arrived at the destination within 15 minutes of schedule.
Airline	On time	Cancelled	60+ min late	Avg delay when late	Departures
SkyWest AirlinesSold as United Express, Delta Connection, American Eagle, Alaska	79.1%	1.7%	8.3%	111 min	2,402
Allegiant Air	77.0%	0.0%	9.1%	116 min	265

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On-time rate by departure hour

<6a 85.7%

6a 84.2%

7a 81.2%

8a Insufficient sample

11a 81.5%

12p 80.5%

1p 75.7%

2p 79.3%

3p 74.8%

4p Insufficient sample

5p 76.0%

6p 68.2%

7p 62.3%

8p Insufficient sample

9p 80.0%

10p Insufficient sample

Share of scheduled flights on time MOT average 78.9%

Departures from MOT by scheduled local departure hour, September 2025 to August 2026. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
Departing before 6 am	85.7%	378
Departing 6 am to 7 am	84.2%	57
Departing 7 am to 8 am	81.2%	659
Departing 8 am to 9 am	Insufficient sample	43
Departing 11 am to noon	81.5%	81
Departing noon to 1 pm	80.5%	395
Departing 1 pm to 2 pm	75.7%	136
Departing 2 pm to 3 pm	79.3%	58
Departing 3 pm to 4 pm	74.8%	206
Departing 4 pm to 5 pm	Insufficient sample	5
Departing 5 pm to 6 pm	76.0%	350
Departing 6 pm to 7 pm	68.2%	170
Departing 7 pm to 8 pm	62.3%	53
Departing 8 pm to 9 pm	Insufficient sample	14
Departing 9 pm to 10 pm	80.0%	50
Departing 10 pm to 11 pm	Insufficient sample	12

Best and worst months at MOT

Jan 73.0%

Feb 79.5%

Mar 78.5%

Apr 81.8%

May 83.0%

Jun 74.1%

Jul 78.8%

Aug 75.5%

Sep 85.0%

Oct 84.6%

Nov 78.9%

Dec 72.4%

Share of scheduled flights on time 12-month average 78.9%

Departures from MOT by calendar month, September 2023 to August 2026 pooled. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
January	73.0%	563
February	79.5%	556
March	78.5%	629
April	81.8%	592
May	83.0%	670
June	74.1%	713
July	78.8%	778
August	75.5%	711
September	85.0%	619
October	84.6%	630
November	78.9%	608
December	72.4%	663

Month by month, last 12 months

Sep 83.9%

Oct 90.3%

Nov 75.6%

Dec 63.2%

Jan 79.1%

Feb 82.6%

Mar 68.6%

Apr 77.6%

May 84.7%

Jun 80.6%

Jul 82.0%

Aug 77.4%

Share of scheduled flights on time U.S. average 75.6%

Departures from MOT, September 2025 to August 2026. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
Sep 2025	83.9%	254
Oct 2025	90.3%	227
Nov 2025	75.6%	221
Dec 2025	63.2%	228
Jan 2026	79.1%	158
Feb 2026	82.6%	184
Mar 2026	68.6%	210
Apr 2026	77.6%	196
May 2026	84.7%	236
Jun 2026	80.6%	253
Jul 2026	82.0%	261
Aug 2026	77.4%	239

Busiest routes from MOT

Nonstop routes from MOT by scheduled flights, September 2025 to August 2026.
To	On time	Cancelled	Airlines	Flights
Minneapolis (MSP)	79.6%	2.0%	1	1,346
Denver (DEN)	78.6%	1.2%	1	1,056
Phoenix (AZA)	77.1%	0.0%	1	153
Las Vegas (LAS)	76.8%	0.0%	1	112

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Sources & data dates

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987-present)
Period: September 2025 to August 2026 (12 months); month-of-year patterns September 2023 to August 2026
Data through: August 2026
Processed: 2026-11-03
Scope: Scheduled nonstop domestic departures from Minot, ND (MOT) by airlines that report to the DOT.
Method: Rates use all scheduled flights as the denominator; cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time. Figures based on fewer than 50 scheduled flights are suppressed. Full methodology.

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