Durango La Plata County in January 2025

74.1%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 316 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 74.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.0% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so DRO departures were 5.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 273 departures with 79.1% leaving on time: a change of −5.0 points, with flights up 16%.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 73.4% of the time (316 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 25% and extreme weather 19%.

On time 75.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.4%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from DRO in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	74.1%	79.1%	80.5%	79.3%
Arrived on time	75.0%	73.3%	79.5%	78.6%
Cancelled	1.3%	1.1%	1.3%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	31.7 min	26.2 min	17.9 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	9	13	17,992
Scheduled departures	316	273	4,613	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	253	80%	74.3%	25.6 min	1.6%
UA United Airlines	62	20%	77.4%	2.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	1	0%	100.0%	-33.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	186	73.1%	17.1 min	0.0%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	68	72.1%	27.8 min	5.9%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	62	83.9%	24.3 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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	47.1%	36.2%	4,338
Late-arriving aircraft	24.6%	34.7%	2,264
National Aviation System	9.8%	19.9%	900
Extreme weather	18.5%	9.1%	1,699
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

9,201 delay minutes on 74 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 January 2025?

74.1% of 316 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 79.1% of 273 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 74.1% and 1.3% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.