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Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI (MBS) ranks #209 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI 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

84.1%
On-time
Top 43%
on-time, US airports
92 min
Delay when late
0.90%
Cancelled
#209 of 382
Corpus placement
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MBS on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%84.1%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 155,492.

Late Aircraft 17.8% (27,666 min)
Carrier 58.0% (90,114 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 11.2% (17,444 min)
Weather 13.0% (20,262 min)
Security 0.0% (6 min)

MBS - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: April (94.5%) · worst: January (89.4%)

88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 90.4%

MBS - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 96% 89.5% ▼ -6.8%

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

Average taxi-out 19.9 min · taxi-in 4.4 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 25.5 min 30.2 min ▲ +18.4%

MBS'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 30.2 min; the lightest is August 2025 at 16.1 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI.

Cancellation Rate

0.90%

180 of 20,046 flights

Diversion Rate

0.04%

9 of 20,046 flights

Delay Rate

15.9%

3,189 of 20,046 flights

Top Routes from MBS

Busiest routes to and from Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
DTW (Detroit) → MBS (Saginaw/Bay City/Midland) 6,438 86% 98 mi
MBS (Saginaw/Bay City/Midland) → DTW (Detroit) 6,438 87% 98 mi
MBS (Saginaw/Bay City/Midland) → ORD (Chicago) 3,380 77.2% 222 mi
ORD (Chicago) → MBS (Saginaw/Bay City/Midland) 3,290 75.5% 222 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI, both outside Michigan 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: 84.1%).

Washington, DC

Washington, VA

84.1% on-time 618,145 flights

Eugene, OR

Eugene, OR

84.1% on-time 90,806 flights

Meridian, MS

Meridian, MS

84.1% on-time 7,934 flights

Augusta, GA

Augusta, GA

84% on-time 41,579 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 20,046).

Yuma, AZ

Yuma, AZ

20,032 flights 86.8% on-time

Columbia, MO

Columbia, MO

19,935 flights 80.3% on-time

Provo, UT

Provo, UT

20,217 flights 76.5% on-time

Arcata/Eureka, CA

Arcata/Eureka, CA

20,571 flights 84.4% on-time

Other Airports in Michigan

Compare performance with other Michigan airports.

DTW 84.8%

Detroit, MI

Detroit · 1,488,949 flights
GRR 81.9%

Grand Rapids, MI

Grand Rapids · 195,613 flights
TVC 81.3%

Traverse City, MI

Traverse City · 50,174 flights
FNT 78.1%

Flint, MI

Flint · 31,426 flights
LAN 85%

Lansing, MI

Lansing · 21,361 flights
AZO 87.1%

Kalamazoo, MI

Kalamazoo · 17,506 flights
MQT 83.1%

Marquette, MI

Marquette · 12,906 flights
PLN 84.2%

Pellston, MI

Pellston · 9,995 flights

MBS delay-share reading

The standout signal at Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI is the delay mix: Carrier owns 58.0% of 155,492 delay minutes across 20,046 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 84.1% (5.1 pts above the 79% national average), with 3,189 delayed and 180 cancelled (0.90%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (17.8% late-aircraft, 58.0% carrier, 11.2% NAS, 13.0% weather, 0.0% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, MBS is strongest in April (94.5% on-time) and weakest in January (89.4%), a 5.1-point swing. Volume peaks in August (~333 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DTW (Detroit) at 86% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Michigan: Michigan 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 MBS's data

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

  • Check the busiest route from MBS before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in April rather than January if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. December 2025 averaged 30.2 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.