On-Time Report

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Airport month · May 2025

Billings Logan International in May 2025

81.0%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 384 domestic departures from Billings Logan International (BIL). 81.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.7% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so BIL departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 341 departures with 83.0% leaving on time: a change of −2.0 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at BIL that month were on time 77.3% of the time (384 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 46%, air carrier 22% and late-arriving aircraft 18%.

Every scheduled departure from BIL in May 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureMay 2025May 2024BIL, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time81.0%83.0%87.4%76.7%
Arrived on time79.7%81.8%84.7%75.4%
Cancelled0.5%0.6%0.6%1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)19.9 min25.7 min11.8 min17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day13111320,188
Scheduled departures3843414,642605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines17546%79.4%15.1 min1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines6216%95.2%-13.0 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air6216%75.8%6.9 min0.0%
UA United Airlines6216%66.1%26.5 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air236%87.0%1.1 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BIL–DENBillings to Denver16567.9%29.5 min1.2%
BIL–SLCBillings to Salt Lake City9396.8%-11.7 min0.0%
BIL–DFWBillings to Dallas/Fort Worth6275.8%6.9 min0.0%
BIL–MSPBillings to Minneapolis3193.5%-7.9 min0.0%
BIL–AZABillings to Phoenix1283.3%13.3 min0.0%
BIL–LASBillings to Las Vegas1190.9%-12.3 min0.0%
BIL–ORDBillings to Chicago1080.0%-2.3 min0.0%

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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, May 2025Minutes
Air carrier22.4%29.3%1,778
Late-arriving aircraft18.1%37.8%1,440
National Aviation System46.2%25.9%3,673
Extreme weather13.4%6.9%1,064
Security0.0%0.1%0
7,955 delay minutes on 74 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left BIL on time in May 2025?

81.0% of 384 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 83.0% of 341 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 81.0% and 0.5% in May 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2025; 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.