Best time to fly out of Range (HIB)
Range did not fly enough departures in this window to split the day into time bands. Not enough flights to say. A percentage needs at least 100 flights behind it before it is worth printing; anything thinner is noise wearing a decimal point. These are historical odds, not forecasts. The records say what happened on this schedule over three years; they know nothing about tomorrow’s thunderstorm.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
On-time rate by hour and day
On this page, “on time” means a departure that pushed back less than 15 minutes behind its scheduled time — the Bureau of Transportation Statistics definition, and the one airlines are held to.
| Departure time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before 6am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6–8am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8–10am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10am–12pm | 89 | 92 | 85 | 91 | 89 | 94 | 86 |
| 12–2pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2–4pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4–6pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6–8pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8–10pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10pm–12am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Not enough flights to say — fewer than 100 in this window.
The year at HIB
December was the hard month at HIB: 75.8% of departures left on time, across 159 flights. October was the easy one at 92.4%. Each month pools three years of that month, so a single bad week does not decide it.
| Month | Share departures that left on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | 85.4% | 158 |
| February | 85.5% | 146 |
| March | 89.9% | 161 |
| April | 84.1% | 152 |
| May | 90.8% | 163 |
| June | 87.1% | 155 |
| July | 89.2% | 159 |
| August | 86.9% | 160 |
| September | 88.5% | 156 |
| October | 92.4% | 158 |
| November | 90% | 155 |
| December | 75.8% | 159 |
Airlines at HIB
Every airline with at least 100 departures from HIB, busiest first. These are that airline’s departures from this airport only — its record across the country sits on its own page.
| Airline | Left on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 87.2% | 128 min | 1% | 1,882 |
What delays out of HIB were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 264 flights that departed HIB and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 77% put down to airline operations and 16.2% to severe weather.
- Late-arriving aircraft 0%
- Airline operations 77%
- Air traffic & airport volume 6.7%
- Severe weather 16.2%
- Security 0.2%
Late-arriving aircraft is the knock-on category: the plane came in late, so it went out late again. It is why a 7am problem in Newark is still a problem in Denver at dinnertime, and why it is usually the biggest slice on the bar.
If you are connecting through HIB
Of 1,881 scheduled arrivals into HIB, 83.7% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 281 arrivals that ran late, 45.6% were no more than 45 minutes behind — which is the difference between a tight connection and a new boarding pass.
Work out a specific layover — pick the airport and the minutes you have, and the tool reads the same arrival records back as a share.
Busiest routes out of HIB
Ranked by flights, with the share that arrived on time at the far end. Where a route carries enough flights for a page of its own the chip goes there; otherwise it goes to the destination airport.
- MSP 85.8% on time · 1,882 flights
HIB in one number
Range (HIB)
Rank 290 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: 10am–12pm. Hardest month: December.
Questions about HIB
- What is the worst month to fly out of HIB?
- December: 75.8% of the departures that flew left on time, with 159 scheduled. October was the other end of the year at 92.4%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- How often are flights cancelled at HIB?
- 1% of scheduled departures were cancelled over July 2023 through June 2026. Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled, not against everything that flew — a rate that looks small still adds up to real people in a rebooking line.