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Airport Reliability

MSN · Madison

Dane County Regional Airport

81%
Departures within 15 minutes
14 min
Average departure delay
75%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
2.6%
Departures cancelled

Based on 15,491 departures and 15,495 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from MSN departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 91% of the time, versus 68% between 3–6 PM.

Not much in it.

Weekday differences are small here: 77% to 79% on time across the week.

Ticking up lately.

Departures from MSN arrived on time 80% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% in the three months before that.

When MSN gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM91%(738 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(4512 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(2763 flights)
  • 12–3 PM78%(2305 flights)
  • 3–6 PM68%(3743 flights)
  • 6–9 PM70%(976 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM—(3 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(2199 flights)
  • Tue79%(2138 flights)
  • Wed78%(2152 flights)
  • Thu79%(2247 flights)
  • Fri77%(2203 flights)
  • Sat79%(1827 flights)
  • Sun77%(2274 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 75% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%1207
July 202575%1219
August 202579%1271
September 202584%1253
October 202581%1390
November 202579%1212
December 202572%1182
January 202674%1132
February 202680%1095
March 202676%1238
April 202680%1373
May 202683%1468

Airlines departing MSN

Busiest routes from MSN

Based on 15,491 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.