Durango La Plata County in August 2024

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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 361 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 82.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.9% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so DRO departures were 7.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 325 departures with 82.8% leaving on time: a change of 0.0 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 79.2% of the time (361 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 65%, late-arriving aircraft 20% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 80.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	82.8%	82.8%	80.5%	75.4%
Arrived on time	80.9%	80.9%	79.5%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.9%	1.3%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.8 min	22.5 min	17.9 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	11	13	20,634
Scheduled departures	361	325	4,613	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	298	83%	79.2%	14.5 min	0.3%
UA United Airlines	62	17%	90.3%	-9.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	1	0%	0.0%	116.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	155	81.3%	9.9 min	0.6%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	124	81.5%	7.0 min	0.0%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	82	79.3%	17.3 min	0.0%

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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	64.7%	33.8%	4,662
Late-arriving aircraft	19.8%	39.8%	1,429
National Aviation System	13.3%	20.4%	961
Extreme weather	2.2%	5.9%	157
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

7,209 delay minutes on 67 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 2024?

82.8% of 361 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 82.8% of 325 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 82.8% and 0.3% in August 2024.

Provenance

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