Glacier Park International in August 2023

81.9%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 486 domestic departures from Glacier Park International (FCA). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.8% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so FCA departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FCA that month were on time 80.5% of the time (486 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 79.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.5%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from FCA in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	FCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	81.9%	—	81.0%	76.7%
Arrived on time	79.8%	—	80.1%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	0.9%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.7 min	—	17.8 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	—	11	20,100
Scheduled departures	486	—	4,115	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	199	41%	84.9%	3.1 min	1.0%
UA United Airlines	101	21%	74.3%	12.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	93	19%	90.3%	-0.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	72	15%	68.1%	31.3 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	21	4%	52.4%	96.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FCA–SLC	Kalispell to Salt Lake City	124	90.3%	-3.0 min	0.0%
FCA–DEN	Kalispell to Denver	93	74.2%	6.0 min	1.1%
FCA–ORD	Kalispell to Chicago	68	72.1%	18.6 min	0.0%
FCA–MSP	Kalispell to Minneapolis	62	88.7%	-0.1 min	0.0%
FCA–LAX	Kalispell to Los Angeles	37	83.8%	18.2 min	2.7%
FCA–DFW	Kalispell to Dallas/Fort Worth	35	71.4%	50.4 min	0.0%
FCA–SFO	Kalispell to San Francisco	31	83.9%	12.9 min	0.0%
FCA–SAN	Kalispell to San Diego	11	72.7%	13.8 min	0.0%
FCA–LAS	Kalispell to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	41.7 min	0.0%
FCA–IAH	Kalispell to Houston	8	37.5%	30.3 min	0.0%
FCA–AZA	Kalispell to Phoenix	4	50.0%	232.8 min	0.0%
FCA–OAK	Kalispell to Oakland	4	50.0%	37.0 min	0.0%

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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	25.3%	36.7%	2,145
Late-arriving aircraft	47.7%	42.2%	4,050
National Aviation System	16.5%	15.7%	1,397
Extreme weather	9.9%	5.1%	844
Security	0.6%	0.2%	55

8,491 delay minutes on 95 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 FCA on time in August 2023?

81.9% of 486 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for FCA · methodology · corrections.