Glacier Park International in October 2023

93.1%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 202 domestic departures from Glacier Park International (FCA). 93.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so FCA departures were 9.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at FCA that month were on time 93.6% of the time (202 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, national aviation system 35% and late-arriving aircraft 7%.

On time 86.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.9%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	FCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	93.1%	—	81.0%	83.8%
Arrived on time	86.1%	—	80.1%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	0.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.4 min	—	17.8 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	11	19,966
Scheduled departures	202	—	4,115	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	62	31%	90.3%	-4.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	62	31%	79.0%	2.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	61	30%	93.4%	-7.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	4%	66.7%	5.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	8	4%	75.0%	7.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FCA–SLC	Kalispell to Salt Lake City	92	93.5%	-6.7 min	0.0%
FCA–DEN	Kalispell to Denver	62	79.0%	2.0 min	0.0%
FCA–MSP	Kalispell to Minneapolis	31	87.1%	-2.9 min	0.0%
FCA–LAS	Kalispell to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	5.0 min	0.0%
FCA–DFW	Kalispell to Dallas/Fort Worth	4	50.0%	27.5 min	0.0%
FCA–ORD	Kalispell to Chicago	4	100.0%	-11.7 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	56.9%	41.3%	826
Late-arriving aircraft	6.7%	40.5%	97
National Aviation System	35.4%	14.4%	514
Extreme weather	1.0%	3.7%	15
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,452 delay minutes on 28 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 October 2023?

93.1% of 202 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.