Grand Junction Regional in January 2026

85.9%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 355 domestic departures from Grand Junction Regional (GJT). 85.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.3% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so GJT departures were 10.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 379 departures with 83.1% leaving on time: a change of +2.8 points, with flights down 6%.

Flights arriving at GJT that month were on time 83.1% of the time (356 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, late-arriving aircraft 23% and extreme weather 16%.

On time 82.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.3%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from GJT in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	GJT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	85.9%	83.1%	83.6%	75.6%
Arrived on time	82.3%	84.4%	81.2%	75.3%
Cancelled	1.4%	0.5%	0.9%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.4 min	18.2 min	14.7 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	13	13	18,133
Scheduled departures	355	379	4,840	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	226	64%	82.3%	5.2 min	0.9%
MQ Envoy Air	67	19%	79.1%	7.4 min	4.5%
UA United Airlines	62	17%	85.5%	-5.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GJT–DEN	Grand Junction to Denver	178	79.2%	2.7 min	1.1%
GJT–PHX	Grand Junction to Phoenix	79	86.1%	11.6 min	0.0%
GJT–DFW	Grand Junction to Dallas/Fort Worth	67	79.1%	7.4 min	4.5%
GJT–SLC	Grand Junction to Salt Lake City	31	96.8%	-17.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	53.2%	37.3%	2,780
Late-arriving aircraft	23.3%	35.0%	1,219
National Aviation System	7.8%	18.0%	407
Extreme weather	15.7%	9.6%	820
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,226 delay minutes on 58 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 January 2026?

85.9% of 355 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 83.1% of 379 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 85.9% and 1.4% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.