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Airport · DVL · Devils Lake, North Dakota

Devils Lake, ND

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Devils Lake, ND (DVL) ranks #292 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Devils Lake, ND posts top-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

86.3%
On-time
Top 21%
on-time, US airports
133 min
Delay when late
2.57%
Cancelled
#292 of 382
Corpus placement
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DVL on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%86.3%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 87,252.

Late Aircraft 30.7% (26,757 min)
Carrier 39.6% (34,539 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 14.3% (12,474 min)
Weather 15.4% (13,455 min)
Security 0.0% (27 min)

DVL - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: April (96%) · worst: June (89.3%)

88%90%92%94%96%98% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 90.1%

DVL - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 95.4% 88.7% ▼ -7.0%

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

Average taxi-out 20.5 min · taxi-in 5.4 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min Jan 24Dec 25 18.7 min 28.1 min ▲ +50.3%

DVL's average taxi-out (20.5 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is December 2025 at 28.1 min; the lightest is May 2024 at 15.1 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Devils Lake, ND.

Cancellation Rate

2.57%

202 of 7,845 flights

Diversion Rate

0.41%

32 of 7,845 flights

Delay Rate

13.7%

1,078 of 7,845 flights

Top Routes from DVL

Busiest routes to and from Devils Lake, ND.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
JMS (Jamestown) → DVL (Devils Lake) 2,309 87.7% 83 mi
DVL (Devils Lake) → DEN (Denver) 1,394 77% 638 mi
DVL (Devils Lake) → JMS (Jamestown) 766 89.2% 83 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Devils Lake, 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: 86.3%).

Kona, HI

Kona, HI

86.3% on-time 177,017 flights

Alexandria, LA

Alexandria, LA

86.2% on-time 23,340 flights

Texarkana, AR

Texarkana, AR

86.4% on-time 10,935 flights

Rock Springs, WY

Rock Springs, WY

86.4% on-time 6,604 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 7,845).

Sheridan, WY

Sheridan, WY

7,839 flights 86.6% on-time

North Platte, NE

North Platte, NE

7,873 flights 85% on-time

Pocatello, ID

Pocatello, ID

7,786 flights 93.7% on-time

Escanaba, MI

Escanaba, MI

7,922 flights 86.5% on-time

Other Airports in North Dakota

Compare performance with other North Dakota airports.

FAR 82.6%

Fargo, ND

Fargo · 74,155 flights
BIS 83.4%

Bismarck/Mandan, ND

Bismarck/Mandan · 45,937 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
DIK 84%

Dickinson, ND

Dickinson · 4,996 flights

DVL delay-share reading

The standout signal at Devils Lake, ND is the delay mix: Carrier owns 39.6% of 87,252 delay minutes across 7,845 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 86.3% (7.3 pts above the 79% national average), with 1,078 delayed and 202 cancelled (2.57%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (30.7% late-aircraft, 39.6% carrier, 14.3% NAS, 15.4% 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, DVL is strongest in April (96% on-time) and weakest in June (89.3%), a 6.7-point swing. Volume peaks in October (~114 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to JMS (Jamestown) at 87.7% 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 DVL's data

DVL'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 DVL before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in April rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. December 2025 averaged 28.1 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.