Glacier Park International in September 2023

87.9%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 356 domestic departures from Glacier Park International (FCA). 87.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so FCA departures were 7.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FCA that month were on time 88.2% of the time (355 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 55%, air carrier 21% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 86.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.0%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	FCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	87.9%	—	81.0%	80.5%
Arrived on time	86.0%	—	80.1%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	0.9%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.5 min	—	17.8 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	—	11	18,978
Scheduled departures	356	—	4,115	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	133	37%	92.5%	-6.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	90	25%	77.8%	9.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	64	18%	96.9%	-6.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	61	17%	75.4%	0.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	8	2%	62.5%	34.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FCA–SLC	Kalispell to Salt Lake City	99	99.0%	-11.3 min	0.0%
FCA–DEN	Kalispell to Denver	88	84.1%	3.0 min	0.0%
FCA–ORD	Kalispell to Chicago	59	71.2%	10.4 min	0.0%
FCA–MSP	Kalispell to Minneapolis	34	94.1%	-2.5 min	0.0%
FCA–DFW	Kalispell to Dallas/Fort Worth	30	76.7%	-4.2 min	0.0%
FCA–SEA	Kalispell to Seattle	25	84.0%	0.8 min	0.0%
FCA–LAS	Kalispell to Las Vegas	8	62.5%	34.0 min	0.0%
FCA–LAX	Kalispell to Los Angeles	4	75.0%	19.0 min	0.0%
FCA–SFO	Kalispell to San Francisco	4	75.0%	-2.5 min	0.0%
FCA–SAN	Kalispell to San Diego	3	100.0%	1.0 min	0.0%
FCA–IAH	Kalispell to Houston	2	100.0%	7.5 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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	21.0%	36.4%	567
Late-arriving aircraft	55.1%	38.3%	1,485
National Aviation System	18.0%	19.9%	486
Extreme weather	5.9%	5.1%	158
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,696 delay minutes on 50 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 September 2023?

87.9% of 356 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.