Billings Logan International in October 2024

89.1%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 367 domestic departures from Billings Logan International (BIL). 89.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so BIL departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 264 departures with 92.8% leaving on time: a change of −3.7 points, with flights up 39%.

Flights arriving at BIL that month were on time 90.4% of the time (366 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 88.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from BIL in October 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	BIL, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	89.1%	92.8%	87.4%	85.5%
Arrived on time	88.6%	83.3%	84.7%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	0.6%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.0 min	7.9 min	11.8 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	9	13	20,517
Scheduled departures	367	264	4,642	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	146	40%	88.4%	-0.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	68	19%	88.2%	4.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	17%	90.3%	11.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	62	17%	95.2%	-6.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	29	8%	72.4%	17.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BIL–DEN	Billings to Denver	151	89.4%	-0.3 min	0.0%
BIL–SLC	Billings to Salt Lake City	88	94.3%	-9.0 min	0.0%
BIL–DFW	Billings to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	91.9%	2.5 min	0.0%
BIL–MSP	Billings to Minneapolis	31	83.9%	35.4 min	0.0%
BIL–LAS	Billings to Las Vegas	16	56.3%	26.9 min	0.0%
BIL–AZA	Billings to Phoenix	13	92.3%	4.8 min	0.0%
BIL–ORD	Billings to Chicago	6	50.0%	24.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	52.6%	42.7%	2,115
Late-arriving aircraft	34.6%	37.4%	1,393
National Aviation System	9.5%	16.3%	383
Extreme weather	3.2%	3.4%	130
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,021 delay minutes on 42 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 BIL on time in October 2024?

89.1% of 367 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 92.8% of 264 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 89.1% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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