Grand Junction Regional in December 2024

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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 398 domestic departures from Grand Junction Regional (GJT). 89.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.9% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so GJT departures were 11.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 254 departures with 91.3% leaving on time: a change of −1.6 points, with flights up 57%.

Flights arriving at GJT that month were on time 87.7% of the time (399 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 70%, late-arriving aircraft 15% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 86.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.8%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from GJT 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	GJT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	89.7%	91.3%	83.6%	77.8%
Arrived on time	86.9%	85.4%	81.2%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	0.9%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.9 min	6.6 min	14.7 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	9	13	19,686
Scheduled departures	398	254	4,840	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	253	64%	88.1%	-0.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	73	18%	79.5%	2.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	63	16%	93.7%	-15.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	2%	66.7%	13.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GJT–DEN	Grand Junction to Denver	187	87.7%	-1.5 min	0.0%
GJT–PHX	Grand Junction to Phoenix	88	95.5%	-12.8 min	0.0%
GJT–DFW	Grand Junction to Dallas/Fort Worth	65	78.5%	3.7 min	0.0%
GJT–SLC	Grand Junction to Salt Lake City	49	83.7%	4.8 min	0.0%
GJT–LAS	Grand Junction to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	13.3 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	69.7%	34.3%	2,329
Late-arriving aircraft	14.5%	40.2%	486
National Aviation System	11.7%	17.8%	391
Extreme weather	4.1%	7.5%	137
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,343 delay minutes on 51 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 2024?

89.7% of 398 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.9% 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, 91.3% of 254 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 89.7% and 0.0% 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 GJT · methodology · corrections.