Aspen Pitkin County Sardy Field in November 2024

68.8%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 410 domestic departures from Aspen Pitkin County Sardy Field (ASE). 68.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.3% reached their destination on time; 10.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so ASE departures were 16.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 269 departures with 79.9% leaving on time: a change of −11.1 points, with flights up 52%.

Flights arriving at ASE that month were on time 68.0% of the time (410 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 28%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and air carrier 27%.

On time 67.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.2%
Cancelled 10.7%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	ASE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	68.8%	79.9%	66.5%	85.2%
Arrived on time	67.3%	79.2%	66.5%	84.8%
Cancelled	10.7%	5.6%	5.9%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.1 min	16.6 min	32.2 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	9	22	19,180
Scheduled departures	410	269	8,072	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	410	100%	67.3%	11.5 min	10.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ASE–DEN	Aspen to Denver	235	68.5%	9.4 min	10.6%
ASE–LAX	Aspen to Los Angeles	60	71.7%	11.9 min	13.3%
ASE–DFW	Aspen to Dallas/Fort Worth	55	63.6%	17.5 min	9.1%
ASE–ATL	Aspen to Atlanta	30	60.0%	23.4 min	10.0%
ASE–IAH	Aspen to Houston	30	63.3%	5.2 min	10.0%

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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	26.6%	36.9%	2,181
Late-arriving aircraft	27.1%	35.6%	2,225
National Aviation System	18.3%	21.9%	1,504
Extreme weather	28.0%	5.4%	2,302
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,212 delay minutes on 87 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 November 2024?

68.8% of 410 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 79.9% of 269 departures left on time and 5.6% were cancelled, against 68.8% and 10.7% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.