Glacier Park International in October 2024

91.4%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 267 domestic departures from Glacier Park International (FCA). 91.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 92.1% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so FCA departures were 5.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 202 departures with 93.1% leaving on time: a change of −1.7 points, with flights up 32%.

Flights arriving at FCA that month were on time 92.5% of the time (267 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 7%.

On time 92.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 7.9%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	FCA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	91.4%	93.1%	81.0%	85.5%
Arrived on time	92.1%	86.1%	80.1%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.3 min	5.4 min	17.8 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	7	11	20,517
Scheduled departures	267	202	4,115	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	87	33%	94.3%	-5.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	23%	87.1%	2.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	62	23%	100.0%	-12.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	38	14%	92.1%	-6.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	7%	72.2%	-0.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
FCA–SLC	Kalispell to Salt Lake City	92	92.4%	2.4 min	0.0%
FCA–DEN	Kalispell to Denver	88	97.7%	-13.7 min	0.0%
FCA–DFW	Kalispell to Dallas/Fort Worth	32	90.6%	-3.2 min	0.0%
FCA–MSP	Kalispell to Minneapolis	31	87.1%	-2.6 min	0.0%
FCA–LAS	Kalispell to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	8.1 min	0.0%
FCA–LAX	Kalispell to Los Angeles	9	77.8%	-8.4 min	0.0%
FCA–ORD	Kalispell to Chicago	6	100.0%	-23.3 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	57.2%	42.7%	911
Late-arriving aircraft	33.3%	37.4%	531
National Aviation System	7.3%	16.3%	117
Extreme weather	2.2%	3.4%	35
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,594 delay minutes on 21 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 2024?

91.4% of 267 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 92.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 93.1% of 202 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 91.4% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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