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St. Cloud, MN

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), St. Cloud, MN (STC) ranks #362 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). St. Cloud, MN posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

83.2%
On-time
Top 52%
on-time, US airports
64 min
Delay when late
1.95%
Cancelled
#362 of 382
Corpus placement
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STC on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%83.2%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 12,570.

Late Aircraft 30.0% (3,767 min)
Carrier 25.1% (3,161 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 25.3% (3,179 min)
Weather 17.9% (2,252 min)
Security 1.7% (211 min)

STC - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (100%) · worst: June (82.4%)

80%85%90%95%100%105% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 83.5%

STC - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

80%85%90%95% 202020212022202320242025 89.7% 85.2% ▼ -5.0%

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

Average taxi-out 10.8 min · taxi-in 6.4 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min Nov 23Dec 25 10.8 min 11.6 min ▲ +7.4%

STC's average taxi-out (10.8 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (December 2023, 22.6 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for St. Cloud, MN.

Cancellation Rate

1.95%

33 of 1,690 flights

Diversion Rate

0.18%

3 of 1,690 flights

Delay Rate

16.8%

284 of 1,690 flights

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for St. Cloud, MN, both outside Minnesota 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: 83.2%).

Long Beach, CA

Long Beach, CA

83.2% on-time 174,755 flights

Fayetteville, AR

Fayetteville, AR

83.2% on-time 130,348 flights

San Luis Obispo, CA

San Luis Obispo, CA

83.2% on-time 56,561 flights

Lafayette, LA

Lafayette, LA

83.2% on-time 37,254 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 1,690).

Morgantown, WV

Morgantown, WV

1,529 flights 77.6% on-time

Alamosa, CO

Alamosa, CO

1,982 flights 89% on-time

Carlsbad, CA

Carlsbad, CA

1,281 flights 89.3% on-time

Lynchburg, VA

Lynchburg, VA

2,116 flights 86.5% on-time

Other Airports in Minnesota

Compare performance with other Minnesota airports.

MSP 85.4%

Minneapolis, MN

Minneapolis · 1,406,487 flights
DLH 85.2%

Duluth, MN

Duluth · 23,374 flights
RST 85.8%

Rochester, MN

Rochester · 20,848 flights
BJI 88%

Bemidji, MN

Bemidji · 8,666 flights
BRD 88.9%

Brainerd, MN

Brainerd · 7,762 flights
HIB 89%

Hibbing, MN

Hibbing · 7,678 flights
INL 88.3%

International Falls, MN

International Falls · 7,505 flights

STC delay-share reading

The standout signal at St. Cloud, MN is traffic scale: 1,690 BTS flights (2020–2025) place it #362 of 382 by book size. That quiet-book footprint sits beside a 83.2% on-time rate (4.2 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average), 284 delayed departures, and 33 cancellations (1.95% of the book).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (30.0% late-aircraft, 25.1% carrier, 25.3% NAS, 17.9% weather, 1.7% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, STC is strongest in September (100% on-time) and weakest in June (82.4%), a 17.6-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~58 flights/month). Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Minnesota: Minnesota 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 STC's data

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

  • Compare STC against airports with a similar on-time rate. Compare airports
  • Travel in September rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 10.8 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.