Grand Junction Regional in March 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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 417 domestic departures from Grand Junction Regional (GJT). 85.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.9% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so GJT departures were 13.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 365 departures with 84.4% leaving on time: a change of +1.5 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at GJT that month were on time 81.3% of the time (417 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 84.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.9%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	GJT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	85.9%	84.4%	83.6%	72.8%
Arrived on time	84.9%	83.6%	81.2%	73.2%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.8%	0.9%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.9 min	15.0 min	14.7 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	12	13	20,403
Scheduled departures	417	365	4,840	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	263	63%	81.7%	0.8 min	1.1%
MQ Envoy Air	92	22%	88.0%	-7.7 min	1.1%
UA United Airlines	62	15%	93.5%	-8.3 min	1.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GJT–DEN	Grand Junction to Denver	186	81.7%	0.0 min	2.2%
GJT–DFW	Grand Junction to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	88.0%	-7.7 min	1.1%
GJT–PHX	Grand Junction to Phoenix	91	80.2%	8.0 min	0.0%
GJT–SLC	Grand Junction to Salt Lake City	48	100.0%	-21.2 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	37.7%	33.5%	1,625
Late-arriving aircraft	38.9%	39.3%	1,679
National Aviation System	18.7%	21.0%	807
Extreme weather	4.7%	5.9%	202
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,313 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 March 2026?

85.9% of 417 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 84.4% of 365 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 85.9% and 1.2% in March 2026.

Provenance

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