Spokane International in December 2024

82.2%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,467 domestic departures from Spokane International (GEG). 82.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.5% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so GEG departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 1,395 departures with 84.9% leaving on time: a change of −2.7 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at GEG that month were on time 79.0% of the time (1,466 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 80.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.2%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from GEG in December 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	GEG, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	82.2%	84.9%	83.6%	77.8%
Arrived on time	80.5%	84.4%	83.8%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.5%	0.7%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.6 min	13.2 min	11.8 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	49	47	51	19,686
Scheduled departures	1,467	1,395	18,474	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	509	35%	81.7%	2.7 min	0.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	329	22%	81.2%	4.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	231	16%	77.5%	6.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	198	13%	78.3%	5.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	99	7%	76.8%	4.8 min	1.0%
UA United Airlines	82	6%	90.2%	-1.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	19	1%	73.7%	1.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GEG–SEA	Spokane to Seattle	437	79.6%	4.9 min	0.2%
GEG–DEN	Spokane to Denver	161	89.4%	-3.2 min	0.0%
GEG–SLC	Spokane to Salt Lake City	147	82.3%	2.7 min	0.0%
GEG–PHX	Spokane to Phoenix	119	79.0%	6.3 min	0.0%
GEG–LAS	Spokane to Las Vegas	73	79.5%	0.3 min	0.0%
GEG–LAX	Spokane to Los Angeles	62	82.3%	2.4 min	0.0%
GEG–SFO	Spokane to San Francisco	60	70.0%	17.3 min	0.0%
GEG–MSP	Spokane to Minneapolis	59	79.7%	0.7 min	0.0%
GEG–OAK	Spokane to Oakland	59	81.4%	5.1 min	0.0%
GEG–BOI	Spokane to Boise	50	80.0%	0.8 min	0.0%
GEG–SMF	Spokane to Sacramento	46	67.4%	7.1 min	0.0%
GEG–ATL	Spokane to Atlanta	43	76.7%	5.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	42.8%	34.3%	7,424
Late-arriving aircraft	27.5%	40.2%	4,774
National Aviation System	19.5%	17.8%	3,392
Extreme weather	9.9%	7.5%	1,714
Security	0.3%	0.2%	58

17,362 delay minutes on 281 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 December 2024?

82.2% of 1,467 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 84.9% of 1,395 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 82.2% and 0.1% in December 2024.

Provenance

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