Durango La Plata County in May 2026

83.5%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 419 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 83.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.9% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so DRO departures were 6.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 337 departures with 74.5% leaving on time: a change of +9.0 points, with flights up 24%.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 80.7% of the time (419 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 80.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.4%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	83.5%	74.5%	80.5%	77.1%
Arrived on time	80.9%	73.0%	79.5%	77.6%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.9%	1.3%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.6 min	23.3 min	17.9 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	11	13	20,391
Scheduled departures	419	337	4,613	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	346	83%	78.9%	1.5 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	73	17%	90.4%	-7.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	205	84.4%	-4.2 min	0.0%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	115	82.6%	-2.7 min	1.7%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	88	69.3%	12.5 min	0.0%
DRO–IAH	Durango to Houston	11	90.9%	5.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	39.0%	33.0%	2,004
Late-arriving aircraft	35.8%	40.4%	1,839
National Aviation System	15.3%	20.5%	784
Extreme weather	9.9%	6.0%	508
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,135 delay minutes on 77 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 May 2026?

83.5% of 419 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 74.5% of 337 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 83.5% and 0.5% in May 2026.

Provenance

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