Durango La Plata County in September 2025

75.7%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 346 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 75.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.0% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so DRO departures were 7.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 350 departures with 87.7% leaving on time: a change of −12.0 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 79.1% of the time (345 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 63%, late-arriving aircraft 21% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.3%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.9%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	75.7%	87.7%	80.5%	83.1%
Arrived on time	76.0%	86.0%	79.5%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.0%	1.3%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.2 min	8.6 min	17.9 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	12	13	18,748
Scheduled departures	346	350	4,613	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	231	67%	78.4%	4.8 min	0.9%
UA United Airlines	60	17%	83.3%	-0.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	55	16%	58.2%	31.2 min	1.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	180	81.7%	0.8 min	0.0%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	94	61.7%	29.3 min	3.2%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	72	80.6%	-0.8 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	62.9%	34.3%	3,639
Late-arriving aircraft	20.8%	37.4%	1,203
National Aviation System	12.4%	22.6%	719
Extreme weather	3.9%	5.6%	228
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,789 delay minutes on 77 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 September 2025?

75.7% of 346 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 87.7% of 350 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 75.7% and 0.9% in September 2025.

Provenance

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