Durango La Plata County in July 2026

79.5%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 July 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 454 domestic departures from Durango La Plata County (DRO). 79.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.8% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so DRO departures were 10.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 403 departures with 73.9% leaving on time: a change of +5.6 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at DRO that month were on time 77.4% of the time (455 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 11%.

On time 77.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.7%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.9%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	DRO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	79.5%	73.9%	80.5%	68.8%
Arrived on time	77.8%	71.5%	79.5%	69.4%
Cancelled	0.7%	2.2%	1.3%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.4 min	24.3 min	17.9 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	13	13	21,066
Scheduled departures	454	403	4,613	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	366	81%	76.5%	11.0 min	0.3%
UA United Airlines	88	19%	83.0%	5.5 min	2.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DRO–DEN	Durango to Denver	178	78.7%	11.5 min	1.1%
DRO–DFW	Durango to Dallas/Fort Worth	158	82.3%	0.5 min	0.0%
DRO–PHX	Durango to Phoenix	91	68.1%	23.2 min	0.0%
DRO–IAH	Durango to Houston	27	77.8%	10.0 min	3.7%

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), July 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	42.6%	31.7%	4,028
Late-arriving aircraft	37.4%	41.8%	3,536
National Aviation System	8.7%	19.9%	825
Extreme weather	11.4%	6.5%	1,075
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,464 delay minutes on 94 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 July 2026?

79.5% of 454 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 73.9% of 403 departures left on time and 2.2% were cancelled, against 79.5% and 0.7% in July 2026.

Provenance

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