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.
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STC on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where St. Cloud, MN sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, St. Cloud, MN handles more flight
volume than 5% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
48% of them, placing it in the quadrant for quiet and delay-prone.
Flight volume and on-time rate are independent figures: a busy airport can still run
reliably, and a quiet one can still run late.
St. Cloud, MN vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 1,690 ·
On-time rate: 83.2%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes12,570 min
Late Aircraft3,767 min · 30%
NAS (National Aviation System)3,179 min · 25%
Carrier3,161 min · 25%
Weather2,252 min · 18%
Security211 min · 2%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
STC - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: September (100%) · worst: June (82.4%)
STC - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
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).
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.
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.
St. Cloud, MN vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
83.2%Top 52%higher than 48% of 382 airports
St. Cloud, MN
60%95%
U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is St. Cloud, MN's on-time rate?
St. Cloud, MN (STC) has a 83.2% on-time rate across 1,690 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 4.2 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the below-median on-time performance.
How does STC rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
St. Cloud, MN ranks #362 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a smaller regional airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at St. Cloud, MN?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at STC, accounting for 30.0% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 30.0% late-aircraft, 25.1% carrier, 25.3% NAS/air-traffic-control, 17.9% weather, and 1.7% security.
When is the best time to fly through St. Cloud, MN?
September is historically STC's strongest month at 100% on-time, while June is the weakest at 82.4%, a 17.6-point swing across the BTS historical record.