Aspen Pitkin County Sardy Field in March 2024

52.4%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,041 domestic departures from Aspen Pitkin County Sardy Field (ASE). 52.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 53.6% reached their destination on time; 10.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so ASE departures were 26.1 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ASE that month were on time 57.3% of the time (1,043 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 36%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and air carrier 24%.

On time 53.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 34.5%
Cancelled 10.8%
Diverted 1.2%

Every scheduled departure from ASE in March 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	ASE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	52.4%	—	66.5%	78.5%
Arrived on time	53.6%	—	66.5%	78.3%
Cancelled	10.8%	—	5.9%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	40.6 min	—	32.2 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	35	—	22	19,726
Scheduled departures	1,041	—	8,072	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,041	100%	53.6%	30.7 min	10.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ASE–DEN	Aspen to Denver	282	56.7%	26.2 min	12.4%
ASE–ORD	Aspen to Chicago	176	52.8%	19.2 min	10.8%
ASE–DFW	Aspen to Dallas/Fort Worth	155	58.7%	28.1 min	9.7%
ASE–LAX	Aspen to Los Angeles	151	56.3%	29.6 min	11.9%
ASE–IAH	Aspen to Houston	93	57.0%	38.6 min	9.7%
ASE–ATL	Aspen to Atlanta	62	40.3%	50.6 min	9.7%
ASE–SFO	Aspen to San Francisco	61	32.8%	43.6 min	4.9%
ASE–AUS	Aspen to Austin	31	54.8%	72.7 min	3.2%
ASE–PHX	Aspen to Phoenix	30	46.7%	20.3 min	20.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	23.9%	32.1%	8,509
Late-arriving aircraft	26.4%	42.1%	9,382
National Aviation System	12.5%	21.4%	4,436
Extreme weather	36.1%	4.2%	12,838
Security	1.2%	0.2%	418

35,583 delay minutes on 359 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left ASE on time in March 2024?

52.4% of 1,041 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 53.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 2023 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ASE · methodology · corrections.