Durango La Plata County in April 2026

84.5%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 368 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 84.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.1% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so DRO departures were 5.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 303 departures with 80.5% leaving on time: a change of +4.0 points, with flights up 21%.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 84.6% of the time (369 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 85.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.7%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	84.5%	80.5%	80.5%	79.1%
Arrived on time	85.1%	74.3%	79.5%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.3%	1.7%	1.3%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.7 min	21.3 min	17.9 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	10	13	19,931
Scheduled departures	368	303	4,613	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	308	84%	83.8%	-4.8 min	0.3%
UA United Airlines	60	16%	91.7%	-7.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	186	89.2%	-8.1 min	0.0%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	96	85.4%	-6.8 min	1.0%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	86	75.6%	2.6 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	49.0%	33.5%	1,533
Late-arriving aircraft	34.3%	40.4%	1,071
National Aviation System	11.6%	21.0%	364
Extreme weather	5.1%	5.0%	158
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,126 delay minutes on 54 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 April 2026?

84.5% of 368 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 80.5% of 303 departures left on time and 1.7% were cancelled, against 84.5% and 0.3% in April 2026.

Provenance

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