On-Time Report

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Airport month · May 2026

Billings Logan International in May 2026

89.3%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 383 domestic departures from Billings Logan International (BIL). 89.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so BIL departures were 12.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 384 departures with 81.0% leaving on time: a change of +8.3 points, with flights down 0%.

Flights arriving at BIL that month were on time 85.9% of the time (383 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and extreme weather 13%.

Every scheduled departure from BIL in May 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

MeasureMay 2026May 2025BIL, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time89.3%81.0%87.4%77.1%
Arrived on time89.0%79.7%84.7%77.6%
Cancelled0.0%0.5%0.6%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)10.1 min19.9 min11.8 min16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day13131320,391
Scheduled departures3833844,642611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines16343%90.2%-8.9 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air7319%87.7%-2.8 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines6216%95.2%-10.0 min0.0%
UA United Airlines6216%88.7%-0.7 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air236%69.6%45.1 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BIL–DENBillings to Denver16389.0%-6.3 min0.0%
BIL–SLCBillings to Salt Lake City9394.6%-9.6 min0.0%
BIL–DFWBillings to Dallas/Fort Worth6287.1%-2.2 min0.0%
BIL–MSPBillings to Minneapolis3190.3%-6.1 min0.0%
BIL–AZABillings to Phoenix1457.1%49.4 min0.0%
BIL–ORDBillings to Chicago1190.9%-5.6 min0.0%
BIL–LASBillings to Las Vegas988.9%38.4 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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, May 2026Minutes
Air carrier41.8%33.0%1,519
Late-arriving aircraft35.2%40.4%1,281
National Aviation System10.5%20.5%383
Extreme weather12.5%6.0%454
Security0.0%0.1%0
3,637 delay minutes on 39 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 2026?

89.3% of 383 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 81.0% of 384 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 89.3% and 0.0% in May 2026.

Provenance

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