Durango La Plata County in January 2026

83.1%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 355 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 83.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.4% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so DRO departures were 7.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 316 departures with 74.1% leaving on time: a change of +9.0 points, with flights up 12%.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 77.7% of the time (355 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 39% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 85.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.4%
Cancelled 2.3%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from DRO in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	83.1%	74.1%	80.5%	75.6%
Arrived on time	85.4%	75.0%	79.5%	75.3%
Cancelled	2.3%	1.3%	1.3%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.5 min	31.7 min	17.9 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	11	13	18,133
Scheduled departures	355	316	4,613	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	293	83%	85.0%	-1.3 min	2.7%
UA United Airlines	62	17%	87.1%	9.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	178	88.2%	0.0 min	0.0%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	98	78.6%	3.3 min	8.2%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	79	87.3%	-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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	46.4%	37.3%	2,416
Late-arriving aircraft	38.7%	35.0%	2,016
National Aviation System	8.4%	18.0%	436
Extreme weather	6.6%	9.6%	344
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,212 delay minutes on 44 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 January 2026?

83.1% of 355 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 74.1% of 316 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 83.1% and 2.3% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.