Durango La Plata County in January 2024

79.1%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 273 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 79.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.3% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so DRO departures were 5.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 77.7% of the time (273 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 73.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.6%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from DRO in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	79.1%	—	80.5%	74.0%
Arrived on time	73.3%	—	79.5%	72.9%
Cancelled	1.1%	—	1.3%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.2 min	—	17.9 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	—	13	18,242
Scheduled departures	273	—	4,613	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	219	80%	72.6%	23.2 min	1.4%
UA United Airlines	54	20%	75.9%	10.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	124	74.2%	30.9 min	0.0%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	80	82.5%	1.0 min	2.5%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	69	60.9%	24.6 min	1.4%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	36.4%	32.6%	2,765
Late-arriving aircraft	41.3%	39.0%	3,141
National Aviation System	13.1%	17.9%	995
Extreme weather	9.2%	10.3%	703
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,604 delay minutes on 70 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 January 2024?

79.1% of 273 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.