Fort Leonard Wood, MO

What the Data Says About TBN

Fort Leonard Wood, MO in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri handled 1,262 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2021 and 2022, posting a 90.5% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 120 experienced delays, 37 were cancelled, and 0 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 2.93%, the diversion rate to 0.00%, and the average delay when departures run late is 103.4 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing TBN against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at TBN, Late Aircraft leads the pack. Late Aircraft accounts for 45.6% of total delay minutes, followed by Carrier at 40.2% and Weather at 6.8%. Weather contributes 6.8% 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, December runs the cleanest at TBN with a 100% on-time rate, while January is the roughest at 90.4% — a 10-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in May, when average flights hit 108. Combine these numbers — 90.5% on-time, 103.4-minute average delay, 2.93% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Fort Leonard Wood, MO.