On-Time Report

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Airport month · December 2024

Bozeman Yellowstone International in December 2024

83.4%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 791 domestic departures from Bozeman Yellowstone International (BZN). 83.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.5% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so BZN departures were 5.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 813 departures with 87.5% leaving on time: a change of −4.1 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at BZN that month were on time 81.7% of the time (793 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 54%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 10%.

Every scheduled departure from BZN in December 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

MeasureDec 2024Dec 2023BZN, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time83.4%87.5%79.6%77.8%
Arrived on time84.5%87.0%79.5%78.1%
Cancelled0.4%1.1%0.8%0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)17.8 min10.7 min17.2 min16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day26273219,686
Scheduled departures79181311,804590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
UA United Airlines19825%91.9%-6.5 min0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines17122%86.0%2.4 min0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines16120%87.0%-7.6 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines13617%86.8%-2.7 min0.0%
AA American Airlines527%57.7%105.9 min1.9%
AS Alaska Airlines284%89.3%0.6 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air213%57.1%8.8 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways132%53.8%31.3 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air111%63.6%2.9 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
BZN–DENBozeman to Denver23391.8%-8.3 min0.0%
BZN–SLCBozeman to Salt Lake City9087.8%-3.6 min0.0%
BZN–ORDBozeman to Chicago8682.6%8.8 min0.0%
BZN–MSPBozeman to Minneapolis6293.5%-5.7 min0.0%
BZN–LAXBozeman to Los Angeles5583.6%-2.5 min0.0%
BZN–LASBozeman to Las Vegas4879.2%-2.0 min0.0%
BZN–DFWBozeman to Dallas/Fort Worth4158.5%103.8 min2.4%
BZN–ATLBozeman to Atlanta3677.8%21.1 min2.8%
BZN–SEABozeman to Seattle3691.7%-2.6 min0.0%
BZN–SFOBozeman to San Francisco3190.3%-4.7 min0.0%
BZN–BOSBozeman to Boston1540.0%40.5 min0.0%
BZN–EWRBozeman to Newark1593.3%-2.8 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Dec 2024Minutes
Air carrier53.8%34.3%6,971
Late-arriving aircraft32.6%40.2%4,222
National Aviation System9.5%17.8%1,235
Extreme weather4.1%7.5%530
Security0.0%0.2%0
12,958 delay minutes on 120 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 BZN on time in December 2024?

83.4% of 791 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 87.5% of 813 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 83.4% and 0.4% in December 2024.

Provenance

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