Durango La Plata County in December 2024

83.8%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 358 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 83.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.8% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so DRO departures were 6.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 256 departures with 82.8% leaving on time: a change of +1.0 points, with flights up 40%.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 79.1% of the time (358 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 61%, late-arriving aircraft 19% and extreme weather 14%.

On time 83.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.0%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	83.8%	82.8%	80.5%	77.8%
Arrived on time	83.8%	80.9%	79.5%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.7%	0.4%	1.3%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.9 min	17.0 min	17.9 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	9	13	19,686
Scheduled departures	358	256	4,613	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	268	75%	81.0%	1.8 min	1.9%
UA United Airlines	63	18%	90.5%	-9.5 min	1.6%
MQ Envoy Air	27	8%	96.3%	-20.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	186	88.7%	-1.3 min	1.1%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	91	68.1%	3.9 min	4.4%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	81	90.1%	-9.1 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	60.5%	34.3%	2,281
Late-arriving aircraft	18.8%	40.2%	709
National Aviation System	7.2%	17.8%	272
Extreme weather	13.5%	7.5%	508
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,770 delay minutes on 50 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 December 2024?

83.8% of 358 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 82.8% of 256 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 83.8% and 1.7% in December 2024.

Provenance

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