Glacier Park International in September 2024

88.9%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 359 domestic departures from Glacier Park International (FCA). 88.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.9% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so FCA departures were 4.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 356 departures with 87.9% leaving on time: a change of +1.0 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at FCA that month were on time 89.1% of the time (358 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 88.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from FCA in September 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	FCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	88.9%	87.9%	81.0%	84.4%
Arrived on time	88.9%	86.0%	80.1%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.1 min	7.5 min	17.8 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	12	11	19,421
Scheduled departures	359	356	4,115	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	121	34%	91.7%	-4.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	85	24%	84.7%	2.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	68	19%	98.5%	-10.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	67	19%	79.1%	7.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	5%	88.9%	-0.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FCA–DEN	Kalispell to Denver	92	88.0%	-4.2 min	0.0%
FCA–SLC	Kalispell to Salt Lake City	92	94.6%	-3.0 min	0.0%
FCA–ORD	Kalispell to Chicago	55	85.5%	3.4 min	0.0%
FCA–MSP	Kalispell to Minneapolis	38	97.4%	-10.6 min	0.0%
FCA–DFW	Kalispell to Dallas/Fort Worth	37	73.0%	12.5 min	0.0%
FCA–SFO	Kalispell to San Francisco	25	92.0%	-2.8 min	0.0%
FCA–LAX	Kalispell to Los Angeles	11	81.8%	1.1 min	0.0%
FCA–LAS	Kalispell to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	-1.9 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	43.5%	38.6%	1,102
Late-arriving aircraft	34.0%	38.4%	861
National Aviation System	21.3%	18.2%	541
Extreme weather	1.3%	4.8%	32
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,536 delay minutes on 40 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 2024?

88.9% of 359 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 87.9% of 356 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 88.9% and 0.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2024; 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.