Durango La Plata County in November 2024

76.3%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 338 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 76.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.0% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so DRO departures were 8.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 264 departures with 84.5% leaving on time: a change of −8.2 points, with flights up 28%.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 74.3% of the time (338 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 21% and extreme weather 18%.

On time 74.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.4%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	76.3%	84.5%	80.5%	85.2%
Arrived on time	74.0%	79.9%	79.5%	84.8%
Cancelled	2.1%	0.0%	1.3%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.7 min	18.1 min	17.9 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	9	13	19,180
Scheduled departures	338	264	4,613	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	279	83%	72.4%	19.3 min	2.5%
UA United Airlines	59	17%	81.4%	-3.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	177	75.7%	17.4 min	2.3%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	87	55.2%	30.3 min	3.4%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	74	91.9%	-6.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	51.1%	36.9%	4,479
Late-arriving aircraft	21.2%	35.6%	1,855
National Aviation System	9.9%	21.9%	864
Extreme weather	17.9%	5.4%	1,565
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,763 delay minutes on 79 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 November 2024?

76.3% of 338 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 84.5% of 264 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 76.3% and 2.1% in November 2024.

Provenance

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