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MBS · Saginaw/Bay City/Midland

Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI (MBS)

77%
Departures within 15 minutes
23 min
Average departure delay
72%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
2.0%
Departures cancelled

Based on 2,356 departures and 2,356 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from MBS departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 84% of the time, versus 65% between 6–9 PM.

Thursday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 77% on time on Thursdays against 72% on Sundays.

Trending in the right direction.

Departures from MBS arrived on time 72% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 62% in the three months before that.

When MBS gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM65%(23 flights)
  • 6–9 AM84%(629 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM76%(290 flights)
  • 12–3 PM73%(517 flights)
  • 3–6 PM66%(473 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(376 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon72%(335 flights)
  • Tue73%(337 flights)
  • Wed74%(337 flights)
  • Thu77%(333 flights)
  • Fri72%(330 flights)
  • Sat75%(296 flights)
  • Sun72%(341 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Jun 74% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%203
July 202572%204
August 202581%208
September 202585%204
October 202582%211
November 202580%190
December 202552%174
January 202658%174
February 202677%163
March 202662%176
April 202672%193
May 202682%209

Airlines departing MBS

Busiest routes from MBS

Based on 2,356 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.