Durango La Plata County in October 2024

85.7%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 356 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 85.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so DRO departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 306 departures with 86.9% leaving on time: a change of −1.2 points, with flights up 16%.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 86.2% of the time (356 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 60%, late-arriving aircraft 20% and extreme weather 14%.

On time 87.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.9%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	85.7%	86.9%	80.5%	85.5%
Arrived on time	87.1%	81.4%	79.5%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	1.3%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.1 min	24.9 min	17.9 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	10	13	20,517
Scheduled departures	356	306	4,613	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	294	83%	85.4%	8.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	62	17%	95.2%	-17.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	186	91.4%	2.7 min	0.0%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	98	79.6%	7.5 min	0.0%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	72	86.1%	3.8 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	60.1%	42.7%	3,329
Late-arriving aircraft	19.9%	37.4%	1,099
National Aviation System	2.8%	16.3%	155
Extreme weather	13.5%	3.4%	745
Security	3.7%	0.2%	207

5,535 delay minutes on 46 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 October 2024?

85.7% of 356 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 86.9% of 306 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 85.7% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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