Durango La Plata County in February 2026

75.9%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 336 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 75.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.2% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so DRO departures were 2.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 296 departures with 78.4% leaving on time: a change of −2.5 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 75.0% of the time (336 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, national aviation system 27% and late-arriving aircraft 17%.

On time 76.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.7%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	75.9%	78.4%	80.5%	78.1%
Arrived on time	76.2%	76.0%	79.5%	78.3%
Cancelled	2.1%	2.0%	1.3%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.5 min	19.3 min	17.9 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	10	13	17,168
Scheduled departures	336	296	4,613	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	280	83%	75.0%	8.7 min	2.5%
UA United Airlines	56	17%	82.1%	10.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	163	79.8%	13.6 min	0.6%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	101	75.2%	0.9 min	4.0%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	72	69.4%	9.1 min	2.8%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	40.7%	38.2%	2,978
Late-arriving aircraft	16.7%	37.2%	1,218
National Aviation System	27.4%	18.5%	2,002
Extreme weather	15.3%	6.0%	1,116
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,314 delay minutes on 73 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 February 2026?

75.9% of 336 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 78.4% of 296 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 75.9% and 2.1% in February 2026.

Provenance

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