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Airport Reliability

FSM · Fort Smith

Fort Smith, AR (FSM)

84%
Departures within 15 minutes
10 min
Average departure delay
83%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
2.7%
Departures cancelled

Based on 1,176 departures and 1,176 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from FSM departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 70% between 3–6 PM.

Thursday is the weak spot.

Departures from FSM arrived on time 87% of the time on Wednesdays. On Thursdays: 78%.

Slipping a little lately.

Departures from FSM arrived on time 84% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 87% in the three months before that.

When FSM gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM95%(356 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM85%(353 flights)
  • 3–6 PM70%(113 flights)
  • 6–9 PM76%(317 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon84%(162 flights)
  • Tue86%(158 flights)
  • Wed87%(156 flights)
  • Thu78%(169 flights)
  • Fri83%(167 flights)
  • Sat84%(159 flights)
  • Sun86%(168 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 70% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202570%104
July 202580%103
August 202591%95
September 202587%116
October 202587%94
November 202581%89
December 202585%93
January 202686%84
February 202692%82
March 202689%90
April 202683%90
May 202681%99

Airlines departing FSM

Based on 1,176 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.