St. Cloud, MN

What the Data Says About STC

St. Cloud, MN in St. Cloud, Minnesota handled 1,690 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 83.2% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 284 experienced delays, 33 were cancelled, and 3 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.95%, the diversion rate to 0.18%, and the average delay when departures run late is 64.3 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing STC against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at STC, Late Aircraft leads the pack. Late Aircraft accounts for 30.0% of total delay minutes, followed by NAS (National Aviation System) at 25.3% and Carrier at 25.1%. Weather contributes 17.9% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 1.7%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, September runs the cleanest at STC with a 100% on-time rate, while June is the roughest at 82.4% — a 18-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in March, when average flights hit 58. Combine these numbers — 83.2% on-time, 64.3-minute average delay, 1.95% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at St. Cloud, MN.