Durango La Plata County in December 2025

87.5%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 376 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 87.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.3% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so DRO departures were 15.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 358 departures with 83.8% leaving on time: a change of +3.7 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 80.7% of the time (374 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 84.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.2%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	87.5%	83.8%	80.5%	72.0%
Arrived on time	84.3%	83.8%	79.5%	71.9%
Cancelled	0.5%	1.7%	1.3%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.4 min	11.9 min	17.9 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	12	13	19,410
Scheduled departures	376	358	4,613	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	314	84%	85.0%	-2.1 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	62	16%	80.6%	11.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	186	82.3%	5.3 min	0.5%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	104	88.5%	-9.8 min	0.0%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	86	83.7%	0.9 min	1.2%

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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	39.0%	33.3%	1,843
Late-arriving aircraft	35.3%	41.1%	1,668
National Aviation System	14.0%	19.1%	661
Extreme weather	11.7%	6.4%	553
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,725 delay minutes on 57 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 December 2025?

87.5% of 376 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 83.8% of 358 departures left on time and 1.7% were cancelled, against 87.5% and 0.5% in December 2025.

Provenance

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