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Airport · JMS · Jamestown, North Dakota

Jamestown, ND

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Jamestown, ND (JMS) ranks #255 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Jamestown, ND posts top-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

87.2%
On-time
Top 15%
on-time, US airports
122 min
Delay when late
2.75%
Cancelled
#255 of 382
Corpus placement
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JMS on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%87.2%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 84,133.

Late Aircraft 35.0% (29,485 min)
Carrier 40.9% (34,406 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 5.9% (4,965 min)
Weather 17.7% (14,915 min)
Security 0.4% (362 min)

JMS - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: April (96.8%) · worst: February (89.8%)

88%90%92%94%96%98% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 91%

JMS - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 96.1% 91.6% ▼ -4.7%

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

Average taxi-out 17.5 min · taxi-in 4.5 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min Jan 24Dec 25 16.8 min 23.2 min ▲ +38.1%

JMS's average taxi-out (17.5 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 14.3 min (April 2024) to 23.2 min (December 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Jamestown, ND.

Cancellation Rate

2.75%

258 of 9,384 flights

Diversion Rate

0.28%

26 of 9,384 flights

Delay Rate

12.8%

1,201 of 9,384 flights

Top Routes from JMS

Busiest routes to and from Jamestown, ND.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
DEN (Denver) → JMS (Jamestown) 2,661 86.5% 573 mi
JMS (Jamestown) → DVL (Devils Lake) 2,309 87.7% 83 mi
JMS (Jamestown) → DEN (Denver) 1,113 84.4% 573 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 Jamestown, 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: 87.2%).

Monroe, LA

Monroe, LA

87.2% on-time 22,635 flights

Rhinelander, WI

Rhinelander, WI

87.3% on-time 9,618 flights

Moab, UT

Moab, UT

87.3% on-time 5,341 flights

Erie, PA

Erie, PA

87.3% on-time 3,197 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 9,384).

Columbus, MS

Columbus, MS

9,419 flights 89.9% on-time

Valdosta, GA

Valdosta, GA

9,259 flights 88.3% on-time

Rockford, IL

Rockford, IL

9,512 flights 78.9% on-time

Beaumont/Port Arthur, TX

Beaumont/Port Arthur, TX

9,249 flights 87% 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
DVL 86.3%

Devils Lake, ND

Devils Lake · 7,845 flights
DIK 84%

Dickinson, ND

Dickinson · 4,996 flights

JMS delay-share reading

The standout signal at Jamestown, ND is the delay mix: Carrier owns 40.9% of 84,133 delay minutes across 9,384 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 87.2% (8.2 pts above the 79% national average), with 1,201 delayed and 258 cancelled (2.75%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (35.0% late-aircraft, 40.9% carrier, 5.9% NAS, 17.7% weather, 0.4% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, JMS is strongest in April (96.8% on-time) and weakest in February (89.8%), a 7.0-point swing. Volume peaks in January (~144 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DEN (Denver) at 86.5% 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 JMS's data

JMS'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 JMS before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in April rather than February if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 17.5 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.