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Airport · ABR · Aberdeen, South Dakota

Aberdeen, SD

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Aberdeen, SD (ABR) ranks #267 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Aberdeen, SD posts top-10% on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

88.6%
On-time
Top 7%
on-time, US airports
118 min
Delay when late
0.83%
Cancelled
#267 of 382
Corpus placement
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ABR on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%88.6%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 63,928.

Late Aircraft 0.1% (48 min)
Carrier 77.5% (49,555 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 2.3% (1,492 min)
Weather 19.5% (12,444 min)
Security 0.6% (389 min)

ABR - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: April (96.8%) · worst: December (89.1%)

88%90%92%94%96%98% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 89.1%

ABR - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

90%92%94%96% 202020212022202320242025 95.3% 95.2% ▼ -0.1%

ABR - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 15 min · taxi-in 4 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min Jan 24Dec 25 18.6 min 19.9 min ▲ +7.0%

ABR's average taxi-out (15 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 9.8 min (October 2025) to 24.4 min (December 2024).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Aberdeen, SD.

Cancellation Rate

0.83%

73 of 8,753 flights

Diversion Rate

0.01%

1 of 8,753 flights

Delay Rate

11.4%

997 of 8,753 flights

Top Routes from ABR

Busiest routes to and from Aberdeen, SD.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
MSP (Minneapolis) → ABR (Aberdeen) 4,377 88.6% 257 mi
ABR (Aberdeen) → MSP (Minneapolis) 4,376 88.5% 257 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Aberdeen, SD, both outside South Dakota so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 88.6%).

Sun Valley/Hailey/Ketchum, ID

Sun Valley/Hailey/Ketchum, ID

88.6% on-time 22,928 flights

Brunswick, GA

Brunswick, GA

88.5% on-time 8,479 flights

Kotzebue, AK

Kotzebue, AK

88.7% on-time 5,950 flights

Walla Walla, WA

Walla Walla, WA

88.8% on-time 4,519 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 8,753).

Twin Falls, ID

Twin Falls, ID

8,708 flights 92.3% on-time

Hancock/Houghton, MI

Hancock/Houghton, MI

8,698 flights 80.8% on-time

Petersburg, AK

Petersburg, AK

8,696 flights 85.4% on-time

Wrangell, AK

Wrangell, AK

8,696 flights 84.9% on-time

Other Airports in South Dakota

Compare performance with other South Dakota airports.

FSD 81.6%

Sioux Falls, SD

Sioux Falls · 83,262 flights
RAP 83.1%

Rapid City, SD

Rapid City · 58,593 flights
ATY 87.6%

Watertown, SD

Watertown · 3,061 flights
PIR 87%

Pierre, SD

Pierre · 3,006 flights

ABR delay-share reading

The standout signal at Aberdeen, SD is the delay mix: Carrier owns 77.5% of 63,928 delay minutes across 8,753 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 88.6% (9.6 pts above the 79% national average), with 997 delayed and 73 cancelled (0.83%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (0.1% late-aircraft, 77.5% carrier, 2.3% NAS, 19.5% weather, 0.6% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, ABR is strongest in April (96.8% on-time) and weakest in December (89.1%), a 7.7-point swing. Volume peaks in October (~136 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to MSP (Minneapolis) at 88.6% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for South Dakota: South Dakota flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using ABR's data

ABR's on-time book is stronger than most peers; the remaining risk sits in the delay mix, not a weak headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from ABR before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in April rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 15 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.