Durango La Plata County in March 2026

78.1%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 401 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 78.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so DRO departures were 5.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 343 departures with 80.5% leaving on time: a change of −2.4 points, with flights up 17%.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 77.8% of the time (401 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and extreme weather 13%.

On time 78.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.0%
Cancelled 2.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	78.1%	80.5%	80.5%	72.8%
Arrived on time	78.6%	78.1%	79.5%	73.2%
Cancelled	2.5%	2.0%	1.3%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.0 min	16.8 min	17.9 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	11	13	20,403
Scheduled departures	401	343	4,613	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	339	85%	76.4%	16.7 min	2.7%
UA United Airlines	62	15%	90.3%	-12.1 min	1.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	186	82.3%	6.0 min	2.7%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	124	76.6%	15.5 min	4.0%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	91	73.6%	20.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	42.7%	33.5%	4,394
Late-arriving aircraft	37.0%	39.3%	3,808
National Aviation System	7.2%	21.0%	740
Extreme weather	13.2%	5.9%	1,357
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,299 delay minutes on 76 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 March 2026?

78.1% of 401 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 80.5% of 343 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 78.1% and 2.5% in March 2026.

Provenance

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