Grand Junction Regional in December 2025

87.2%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 414 domestic departures from Grand Junction Regional (GJT). 87.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.0% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so GJT departures were 15.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 398 departures with 89.7% leaving on time: a change of −2.5 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at GJT that month were on time 85.4% of the time (412 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 39%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 86.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.5%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from GJT in December 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	GJT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	87.2%	89.7%	83.6%	72.0%
Arrived on time	86.0%	86.9%	81.2%	71.9%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.0%	0.9%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.2 min	8.9 min	14.7 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	13	13	19,410
Scheduled departures	414	398	4,840	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	260	63%	85.4%	-3.3 min	0.8%
MQ Envoy Air	92	22%	93.5%	-7.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	62	15%	77.4%	7.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GJT–DEN	Grand Junction to Denver	187	78.6%	2.3 min	1.1%
GJT–DFW	Grand Junction to Dallas/Fort Worth	91	93.4%	-7.9 min	0.0%
GJT–PHX	Grand Junction to Phoenix	82	89.0%	-3.7 min	0.0%
GJT–SLC	Grand Junction to Salt Lake City	54	94.4%	-9.0 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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	39.2%	33.3%	1,370
Late-arriving aircraft	31.2%	41.1%	1,089
National Aviation System	22.4%	19.1%	784
Extreme weather	7.2%	6.4%	251
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,494 delay minutes on 56 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 2025?

87.2% of 414 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 89.7% of 398 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 87.2% and 0.5% in December 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2025; 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.