Durango La Plata County in April 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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 303 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 80.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.3% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so DRO departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 243 departures with 84.8% leaving on time: a change of −4.3 points, with flights up 25%.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 78.9% of the time (303 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 41%, air carrier 24% and extreme weather 23%.

On time 74.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.8%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 1.3%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	80.5%	84.8%	80.5%	80.6%
Arrived on time	74.3%	79.0%	79.5%	79.5%
Cancelled	1.7%	0.8%	1.3%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.3 min	17.8 min	17.9 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	8	13	19,465
Scheduled departures	303	243	4,613	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	243	80%	72.4%	15.7 min	2.1%
UA United Airlines	60	20%	81.7%	4.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	180	73.9%	13.6 min	1.1%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	63	69.8%	8.9 min	4.8%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	60	80.0%	17.7 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	24.3%	32.7%	1,692
Late-arriving aircraft	11.6%	39.4%	808
National Aviation System	40.7%	22.2%	2,831
Extreme weather	23.3%	5.5%	1,621
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,952 delay minutes on 69 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 April 2025?

80.5% of 303 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 84.8% of 243 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 80.5% and 1.7% in April 2025.

Provenance

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