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Bismarck/Mandan, ND

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Bismarck/Mandan, ND (BIS) ranks #155 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Bismarck/Mandan, ND posts above-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

83.4%
On-time
Top 50%
on-time, US airports
88 min
Delay when late
1.06%
Cancelled
#155 of 382
Corpus placement
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BIS on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%83.4%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 369,133.

Late Aircraft 19.8% (72,908 min)
Carrier 55.9% (206,315 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 13.6% (50,278 min)
Weather 10.1% (37,180 min)
Security 0.7% (2,452 min)

BIS - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (94%) · worst: December (87.9%)

86%88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 87.9%

BIS - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96% 202020212022202320242025 94.6% 89.6% ▼ -5.3%

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

Average taxi-out 19.9 min · taxi-in 5.5 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min35 min Jan 24Dec 25 24.9 min 29 min ▲ +16.5%

BIS's average taxi-out (19.9 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is December 2025 at 29.0 min; the lightest is May 2024 at 15.3 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Bismarck/Mandan, ND.

Cancellation Rate

1.06%

486 of 45,937 flights

Diversion Rate

0.17%

78 of 45,937 flights

Delay Rate

16.6%

7,617 of 45,937 flights

Top Routes from BIS

Busiest routes to and from Bismarck/Mandan, ND.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
MSP (Minneapolis) → BIS (Bismarck/Mandan) 9,208 86.1% 386 mi
BIS (Bismarck/Mandan) → MSP (Minneapolis) 9,207 87.4% 386 mi
BIS (Bismarck/Mandan) → DEN (Denver) 6,872 80% 516 mi
DEN (Denver) → BIS (Bismarck/Mandan) 6,863 80.4% 516 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → BIS (Bismarck/Mandan) 3,727 80.2% 977 mi
BIS (Bismarck/Mandan) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 3,725 78.1% 977 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Bismarck/Mandan, ND, both outside North 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: 83.4%).

Burlington, VT

Burlington, VT

83.4% on-time 79,685 flights

Moline, IL

Moline, IL

83.4% on-time 45,407 flights

Durango, CO

Durango, CO

83.4% on-time 42,722 flights

Mason City, IA

Mason City, IA

83.4% on-time 5,851 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 45,937).

Corpus Christi, TX

Corpus Christi, TX

45,325 flights 85% on-time

Grand Junction, CO

Grand Junction, CO

47,063 flights 85.1% on-time

Bangor, ME

Bangor, ME

47,532 flights 83% on-time

Fairbanks, AK

Fairbanks, AK

44,233 flights 83.1% on-time

Other Airports in North Dakota

Compare performance with other North Dakota airports.

FAR 82.6%

Fargo, ND

Fargo · 74,155 flights
MOT 84.8%

Minot, ND

Minot · 29,078 flights
XWA 82.4%

Williston, ND

Williston · 18,596 flights
GFK 86.6%

Grand Forks, ND

Grand Forks · 14,798 flights
JMS 87.2%

Jamestown, ND

Jamestown · 9,384 flights
DVL 86.3%

Devils Lake, ND

Devils Lake · 7,845 flights
DIK 84%

Dickinson, ND

Dickinson · 4,996 flights

BIS delay-share reading

The standout signal at Bismarck/Mandan, ND is the delay mix: Carrier owns 55.9% of 369,133 delay minutes across 45,937 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 83.4% (4.4 pts above the 79% national average), with 7,617 delayed and 486 cancelled (1.06%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (19.8% late-aircraft, 55.9% carrier, 13.6% NAS, 10.1% weather, 0.7% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, BIS is strongest in September (94% on-time) and weakest in December (87.9%), a 6.1-point swing. Volume peaks in October (~680 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to MSP (Minneapolis) at 86.1% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for North Dakota: North 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 BIS's data

BIS's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from BIS before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. December 2025 averaged 29.0 min. 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.