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Airport · BKG · Branson, Missouri

Branson, MO

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Branson, MO (BKG) ranks #379 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Branson, MO posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

77.4%
On-time
Top 93%
on-time, US airports
54 min
Delay when late
1.10%
Cancelled
#379 of 382
Corpus placement
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BKG on-time rate vs. the national average

Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%77.4%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: NAS. Total delay minutes: 2,439.

Late Aircraft 34.0% (830 min)
Carrier 15.7% (382 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 50.3% (1,227 min)
Weather 0.0% (0 min)
Security 0.0% (0 min)

BKG - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: November (94.4%) · worst: July (81.2%)

80%85%90%95%100% MayJunJulAugSepOctNov 94.4%

BKG - on-time rate by year

2020–2022, year-over-year trend.

80%85%90%95% 202020212022 92.9% 81.9% ▼ -11.8%

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

Average taxi-out 9.6 min · taxi-in 6.7 min over the last 15 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

5 min10 min15 min Jun 20Aug 22 10.9 min 9.4 min ▼ -13.8%

BKG's average taxi-out (9.6 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (June 2022, 14.0 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Branson, MO.

Cancellation Rate

1.10%

4 of 363 flights

Diversion Rate

0.00%

0 of 363 flights

Delay Rate

22.6%

82 of 363 flights

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Branson, MO, both outside Missouri 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: 77.4%).

Dallas, TX

Dallas, TX

77.6% on-time 791,209 flights

Morgantown, WV

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77.6% on-time 1,529 flights

Adak Island, AK

Adak Island, AK

77% on-time 1,254 flights

Miami, FL

Miami, FL

77.9% on-time 1,160,127 flights

Other Airports in Missouri

Compare performance with other Missouri airports.

STL 81.3%

St. Louis, MO

St. Louis · 687,272 flights
MCI 82%

Kansas City, MO

Kansas City · 524,365 flights
SGF 81.7%

Springfield, MO

Springfield · 92,073 flights
COU 80.3%

Columbia, MO

Columbia · 19,935 flights
JLN 83.1%

Joplin, MO

Joplin · 8,632 flights
CGI 89.7%

Cape Girardeau, MO

Cape Girardeau · 3,473 flights
TBN 90.5%

Fort Leonard Wood, MO

Fort Leonard Wood · 1,262 flights

BKG delay-share reading

The standout signal at Branson, MO is the delay mix: NAS owns 50.3% of 2,439 delay minutes across 363 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 77.4% (1.6 pts below the 79% national average), with 82 delayed and 4 cancelled (1.10%).

Delay minutes concentrate in NAS (34.0% late-aircraft, 15.7% carrier, 50.3% NAS, 0.0% weather, 0.0% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, BKG is strongest in November (94.4% on-time) and weakest in July (81.2%), a 13.2-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~34 flights/month). Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Missouri: Missouri flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2022). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using BKG's data

BKG's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Compare BKG against airports with a similar on-time rate. Compare airports
  • Travel in November rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 9.6 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.