Madison, WI · Airport profile
MSN
Dane County Regional Truax Field
MSN right now
Live conditions where a permitted source publishes them, and the historical record where none does.
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78.8% leave on time
13:00–13:59 local · 2,150 departures on record
When flights run late in this hour, most of the delay is attributed to late-arriving aircraft.
Historical pattern for MSN from US DOT BTS — not a live reading.
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Airport reliability
Best time to fly from MSN
On-time arrival rate by scheduled local departure time.
Flights departing 5–9 AM arrived on time 86.5% of the time, against 71.2% for 6–9 PM departures — a gap of 15.3 percentage points.
By departure window
By departure hour
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Buckets with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.
What to expect at MSN
How busy the airport is through the day, from scheduled departure volume.
Scheduled departures by hour
The busiest hour is 6 AM, with about 6 departures a day, against roughly 0 at 9 PM. Counterintuitively, that peak is also more punctual than a typical hour here — early banks fly aircraft that have been on the ground overnight rather than ones inheriting the day’s delays.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Taxi-out is the time between leaving the gate and lifting off, averaged across departures and weighted by hour.
Weekly and seasonal patterns
By day of week
Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 3.1 percentage points.
By month
January is historically the weakest month and October the strongest, a spread of 11.3 percentage points.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026
Airlines at MSN
Departure performance by operating carrier. Regional flights are reported by the carrier that operated them, not by the mainline brand.
| Carrier | Departures | On time | Cancelled | Median delay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines OO | 7,340 | 77.4% | 1.58% | -7 min |
| American Airlines AA | 6,363 | 77.3% | 1.45% | -6 min |
| Delta Air Lines DL | 5,571 | 90.6% | 1.02% | -16 min |
| Republic Airways YX | 5,000 | 82.9% | 2.70% | -12 min |
| United Airlines UA | 4,805 | 81.0% | 1.50% | -7 min |
| PSA Airlines OH | 3,985 | 77.8% | 2.76% | -9 min |
| Envoy Air MQ | 2,259 | 76.2% | 2.74% | -6 min |
| Endeavor Air 9E | 1,163 | 87.0% | 1.46% | -13 min |
| Frontier Airlines F9 | 674 | 73.1% | 1.78% | -8 min |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Carriers with fewer than 500 departures are not listed.
Routes from MSN
Ranked by FlyerIntel Route Reliability Score.
Busiest routes
| Destination | Flights | On time | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| MSN → ORD Chicago | 8,589 | 75.1% | 49 |
| MSN → MSP Minneapolis | 3,866 | 84.1% | 73 |
| MSN → DTW Detroit | 3,525 | 86.4% | 77 |
| MSN → DEN Denver | 3,282 | 80.5% | 66 |
| MSN → DFW Dallas–Fort Worth | 3,250 | 74.3% | 46 |
| MSN → DCA Washington | 3,082 | 77.7% | 50 |
| MSN → ATL Atlanta | 3,067 | 89.9% | 81 |
| MSN → CLT Charlotte | 2,947 | 80.0% | 64 |
| MSN → LGA New York | 1,989 | 87.7% | 70 |
| MSN → PHX Phoenix | 1,421 | 80.6% | 66 |
| MSN → EWR Newark | 1,158 | 87.5% | 70 |
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Only routes with at least 750 flights are ranked.
Reliability over time
On-time arrival rate for departures, by month.
Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026
Data and sources
Historical statistics
Every historical figure on this page is calculated by FlyerIntel from US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time performance records covering July 2023 – June 2026, comprising 37,160 departures from MSN. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule.
Live conditions
Aviation weather comes from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center. Operational events come from the FAA where available. FlyerIntel shows the age of every live value and does not display data it cannot currently retrieve.