Grand Junction Regional in December 2023

91.3%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 254 domestic departures from Grand Junction Regional (GJT). 91.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.4% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so GJT departures were 8.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at GJT that month were on time 88.6% of the time (254 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 31%, national aviation system 24% and extreme weather 23%.

On time 85.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.6%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from GJT in December 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	GJT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	91.3%	—	83.6%	83.1%
Arrived on time	85.4%	—	81.2%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	0.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	6.6 min	—	14.7 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	—	13	19,013
Scheduled departures	254	—	4,840	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	152	60%	80.9%	1.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	62	24%	93.5%	-8.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	12%	90.3%	1.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	4%	88.9%	-3.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GJT–DEN	Grand Junction to Denver	104	86.5%	-1.0 min	0.0%
GJT–PHX	Grand Junction to Phoenix	80	76.3%	4.1 min	0.0%
GJT–DFW	Grand Junction to Dallas/Fort Worth	61	95.1%	-8.5 min	0.0%
GJT–LAS	Grand Junction to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	-3.6 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	30.5%	37.1%	545
Late-arriving aircraft	22.4%	38.8%	401
National Aviation System	24.3%	17.6%	435
Extreme weather	22.8%	6.2%	407
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

1,788 delay minutes on 37 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 GJT on time in December 2023?

91.3% of 254 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for GJT · methodology · corrections.