Spokane International in October 2023

89.7%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 1,510 domestic departures from Spokane International (GEG). 89.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.2% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so GEG departures were 5.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at GEG that month were on time 84.8% of the time (1,510 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 49%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 89.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.5%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from GEG 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	GEG, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	89.7%	—	83.6%	83.8%
Arrived on time	89.2%	—	83.8%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	0.7%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.0 min	—	11.8 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	50	—	51	19,966
Scheduled departures	1,510	—	18,474	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	540	36%	89.6%	-2.8 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	280	19%	88.2%	-0.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	278	18%	94.2%	-7.7 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	215	14%	88.4%	-3.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	90	6%	77.8%	40.1 min	2.2%
UA United Airlines	90	6%	87.8%	3.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	17	1%	88.2%	-1.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GEG–SEA	Spokane to Seattle	496	90.1%	-3.7 min	0.0%
GEG–DEN	Spokane to Denver	160	85.0%	3.9 min	0.0%
GEG–SLC	Spokane to Salt Lake City	148	95.9%	-11.2 min	0.0%
GEG–PHX	Spokane to Phoenix	94	88.3%	7.0 min	0.0%
GEG–DFW	Spokane to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	77.4%	48.5 min	3.2%
GEG–LAX	Spokane to Los Angeles	62	82.3%	-1.6 min	0.0%
GEG–MSP	Spokane to Minneapolis	62	93.5%	-0.3 min	0.0%
GEG–SFO	Spokane to San Francisco	62	87.1%	-2.4 min	0.0%
GEG–PDX	Spokane to Portland	54	83.3%	5.6 min	0.0%
GEG–OAK	Spokane to Oakland	53	94.3%	-5.3 min	0.0%
GEG–BOI	Spokane to Boise	49	91.8%	-2.2 min	0.0%
GEG–LAS	Spokane to Las Vegas	49	87.8%	-1.5 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	49.1%	41.3%	6,014
Late-arriving aircraft	30.8%	40.5%	3,770
National Aviation System	14.1%	14.4%	1,729
Extreme weather	5.9%	3.7%	725
Security	0.1%	0.2%	15

12,253 delay minutes on 159 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 GEG on time in October 2023?

89.7% of 1,510 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.2% 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 GEG · methodology · corrections.