Durango La Plata County in August 2025

77.0%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 409 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 77.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.3% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so DRO departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 361 departures with 82.8% leaving on time: a change of −5.8 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 76.6% of the time (410 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, national aviation system 22% and extreme weather 22%.

On time 74.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.0%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 1.0%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	77.0%	82.8%	80.5%	76.8%
Arrived on time	74.3%	80.9%	79.5%	76.3%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.3%	1.3%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.6 min	20.8 min	17.9 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	12	13	20,079
Scheduled departures	409	361	4,613	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	343	84%	75.2%	12.2 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	62	15%	72.6%	2.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	4	1%	25.0%	387.7 min	25.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	186	68.3%	19.8 min	0.5%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	149	73.2%	18.2 min	1.3%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	74	91.9%	-11.0 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	42.8%	33.1%	3,933
Late-arriving aircraft	13.5%	40.5%	1,242
National Aviation System	22.1%	19.2%	2,026
Extreme weather	21.6%	7.0%	1,984
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,185 delay minutes on 98 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 August 2025?

77.0% of 409 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 82.8% of 361 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 77.0% and 0.7% in August 2025.

Provenance

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