Durango La Plata County in March 2025

80.5%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 343 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 80.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.1% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so DRO departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 279 departures with 87.1% leaving on time: a change of −6.6 points, with flights up 23%.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 81.3% of the time (343 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, extreme weather 18% and late-arriving aircraft 17%.

On time 78.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	80.5%	87.1%	80.5%	79.9%
Arrived on time	78.1%	80.3%	79.5%	79.3%
Cancelled	2.0%	1.4%	1.3%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.8 min	7.4 min	17.9 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	9	13	20,029
Scheduled departures	343	279	4,613	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	281	82%	78.3%	1.2 min	2.1%
UA United Airlines	62	18%	77.4%	-0.5 min	1.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	186	79.0%	2.1 min	1.6%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	68.8%	13.5 min	4.3%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	64	89.1%	-20.0 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	51.3%	33.0%	2,855
Late-arriving aircraft	16.6%	39.2%	925
National Aviation System	14.1%	21.9%	783
Extreme weather	18.0%	5.9%	1,002
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,565 delay minutes on 68 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 March 2025?

80.5% of 343 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 87.1% of 279 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 80.5% and 2.0% in March 2025.

Provenance

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