Durango La Plata County in August 2023

82.8%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 325 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 82.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.9% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so DRO departures were 6.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 84.3% of the time (325 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 75%, late-arriving aircraft 12% and national aviation system 7%.

On time 80.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.2%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from DRO in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	82.8%	—	80.5%	76.7%
Arrived on time	80.9%	—	79.5%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.9%	—	1.3%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.5 min	—	17.9 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	—	13	20,100
Scheduled departures	325	—	4,613	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	293	90%	81.9%	10.1 min	0.7%
UA United Airlines	31	10%	74.2%	28.7 min	3.2%
AA American Airlines	1	0%	0.0%	55.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	124	69.4%	30.6 min	2.4%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	109	89.0%	-3.4 min	0.0%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	92	87.0%	5.7 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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	75.1%	36.7%	5,339
Late-arriving aircraft	12.4%	42.2%	880
National Aviation System	7.3%	15.7%	519
Extreme weather	5.2%	5.1%	368
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,106 delay minutes on 59 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 DRO on time in August 2023?

82.8% of 325 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for DRO · methodology · corrections.