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Minot, ND

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Minot, ND (MOT) ranks #183 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Minot, 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

84.8%
On-time
Top 35%
on-time, US airports
97 min
Delay when late
1.18%
Cancelled
#183 of 382
Corpus placement
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MOT on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%84.8%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 234,623.

Late Aircraft 15.5% (36,482 min)
Carrier 49.0% (115,027 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 12.7% (29,696 min)
Weather 22.6% (52,937 min)
Security 0.2% (481 min)

MOT - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (95.2%) · worst: December (87.2%)

86%88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 87.2%

MOT - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 95.8% 91% ▼ -5.0%

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

Average taxi-out 21.2 min · taxi-in 6.3 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 29.1 min 26.9 min ▼ -7.6%

MOT's average taxi-out (21.2 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is December 2024 at 30.2 min; the lightest is May 2024 at 14.9 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Minot, ND.

Cancellation Rate

1.18%

342 of 29,078 flights

Diversion Rate

0.15%

44 of 29,078 flights

Delay Rate

15.2%

4,417 of 29,078 flights

Top Routes from MOT

Busiest routes to and from Minot, ND.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
MOT (Minot) → MSP (Minneapolis) 8,246 85.3% 449 mi
MSP (Minneapolis) → MOT (Minot) 8,245 87.4% 449 mi
DEN (Denver) → MOT (Minot) 4,516 80.8% 604 mi
MOT (Minot) → DEN (Denver) 4,514 81.4% 604 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Minot, 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: 84.8%).

Detroit, MI

Detroit, MI

84.8% on-time 1,488,949 flights

Champaign/Urbana, IL

Champaign/Urbana, IL

84.8% on-time 17,865 flights

Garden City, KS

Garden City, KS

84.8% on-time 8,568 flights

Kahului, HI

Kahului, HI

84.7% on-time 304,696 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 29,078).

Bellingham, WA

Bellingham, WA

29,229 flights 85.8% on-time

Great Falls, MT

Great Falls, MT

29,395 flights 88.3% on-time

Montgomery, AL

Montgomery, AL

30,016 flights 82.3% on-time

Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN

Bristol/Johnson City/Kingsport, TN

27,896 flights 85.9% 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
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

MOT delay-share reading

The standout signal at Minot, ND is the delay mix: Carrier owns 49.0% of 234,623 delay minutes across 29,078 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 84.8% (5.8 pts above the 79% national average), with 4,417 delayed and 342 cancelled (1.18%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (15.5% late-aircraft, 49.0% carrier, 12.7% NAS, 22.6% weather, 0.2% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, MOT is strongest in September (95.2% on-time) and weakest in December (87.2%), a 8.0-point swing. Volume peaks in October (~436 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to MSP (Minneapolis) at 85.3% 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 MOT's data

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

  • Check the busiest route from MOT 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 2024 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.