Durango La Plata County in February 2024

87.1%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 255 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 87.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.6% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so DRO departures were 3.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 83.9% of the time (255 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 63%, national aviation system 16% and late-arriving aircraft 12%.

On time 79.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.2%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	87.1%	—	80.5%	84.0%
Arrived on time	79.6%	—	79.5%	83.4%
Cancelled	1.2%	—	1.3%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.9 min	—	17.9 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	—	13	17,307
Scheduled departures	255	—	4,613	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	196	77%	80.6%	4.6 min	1.0%
UA United Airlines	59	23%	76.3%	-0.6 min	1.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	116	76.7%	6.2 min	2.6%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	81	86.4%	-3.8 min	0.0%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	58	75.9%	7.9 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	63.1%	35.9%	2,185
Late-arriving aircraft	12.1%	36.9%	420
National Aviation System	16.0%	21.7%	554
Extreme weather	8.8%	5.3%	304
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

3,463 delay minutes on 49 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 February 2024?

87.1% of 255 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.