Aspen Pitkin County Sardy Field in February 2026

54.8%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,012 domestic departures from Aspen Pitkin County Sardy Field (ASE). 54.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 58.2% reached their destination on time; 11.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so ASE departures were 23.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 930 departures with 55.3% leaving on time: a change of −0.5 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at ASE that month were on time 54.8% of the time (1,012 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 36%, national aviation system 26% and air carrier 23%.

On time 58.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.5%
Cancelled 11.1%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from ASE in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	ASE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	54.8%	55.3%	66.5%	78.1%
Arrived on time	58.2%	57.7%	66.5%	78.3%
Cancelled	11.1%	9.4%	5.9%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	41.7 min	38.0 min	32.2 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	34	31	22	17,168
Scheduled departures	1,012	930	8,072	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	1,012	100%	58.2%	28.3 min	11.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ASE–DEN	Aspen to Denver	254	65.4%	15.7 min	11.0%
ASE–LAX	Aspen to Los Angeles	179	54.2%	41.2 min	12.8%
ASE–ORD	Aspen to Chicago	161	53.4%	33.0 min	10.6%
ASE–DFW	Aspen to Dallas/Fort Worth	142	56.3%	24.9 min	14.1%
ASE–IAH	Aspen to Houston	80	75.0%	12.0 min	7.5%
ASE–SFO	Aspen to San Francisco	72	51.4%	33.5 min	11.1%
ASE–ATL	Aspen to Atlanta	56	48.2%	47.0 min	7.1%
ASE–AUS	Aspen to Austin	28	39.3%	54.9 min	14.3%
ASE–PHX	Aspen to Phoenix	28	64.3%	11.9 min	3.6%
ASE–CLT	Aspen to Charlotte	12	58.3%	51.3 min	8.3%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	23.1%	38.2%	8,093
Late-arriving aircraft	14.3%	37.2%	5,031
National Aviation System	26.2%	18.5%	9,196
Extreme weather	36.4%	6.0%	12,754
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

35,074 delay minutes on 309 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 February 2026?

54.8% of 1,012 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 58.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 55.3% of 930 departures left on time and 9.4% were cancelled, against 54.8% and 11.1% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.