Durango La Plata County in September 2024

87.7%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 350 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 87.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so DRO departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 320 departures with 86.3% leaving on time: a change of +1.4 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 86.3% of the time (351 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 60%, late-arriving aircraft 22% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 86.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.0%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	87.7%	86.3%	80.5%	84.4%
Arrived on time	86.0%	87.8%	79.5%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.3%	1.3%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.6 min	11.8 min	17.9 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	11	13	19,421
Scheduled departures	350	320	4,613	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	290	83%	85.2%	-3.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	60	17%	90.0%	-12.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	154	87.0%	-7.2 min	0.0%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	120	83.3%	-1.9 min	0.0%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	76	88.2%	-4.8 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	59.6%	38.6%	1,618
Late-arriving aircraft	22.0%	38.4%	597
National Aviation System	13.5%	18.2%	368
Extreme weather	4.9%	4.8%	133
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,716 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 September 2024?

87.7% of 350 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 86.3% of 320 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 87.7% and 0.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

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