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Airport Reliability

FAR · Fargo

Fargo, ND (FAR)

80%
Departures within 15 minutes
16 min
Average departure delay
77%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
1.6%
Departures cancelled

Based on 7,835 departures and 7,837 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

Departures from FAR departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 87% of the time, versus 70% between 6–9 PM.

Tuesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 78% on time on Tuesdays against 74% on Fridays.

Trending in the right direction.

Departures from FAR arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 70% in the three months before that.

When FAR gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM87%(611 flights)
  • 6–9 AM83%(1632 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM74%(1652 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(1757 flights)
  • 3–6 PM72%(1433 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(481 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM77%(128 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(1181 flights)
  • Tue78%(1004 flights)
  • Wed77%(1038 flights)
  • Thu78%(1147 flights)
  • Fri74%(1178 flights)
  • Sat78%(964 flights)
  • Sun77%(1182 flights)
On-time trend by month
84%
May

Jun 77% → May 84% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202577%622
July 202574%655
August 202578%640
September 202583%617
October 202585%665
November 202579%559
December 202567%621
January 202670%628
February 202675%614
March 202677%694
April 202677%703
May 202684%676

Airlines departing FAR

Based on 7,835 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.