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Airport month · August 2023
Gerald R. Ford International in August 2023
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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,449 domestic departures from Gerald R. Ford International (GRR). 83.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.4% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so GRR departures were 6.3 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at GRR that month were on time 76.8% of the time (1,449 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 14%.
- On time 82.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.1%
- Cancelled 1.1%
- Diverted 0.3%
August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2023 | Year earlier | GRR, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.0% | — | 78.2% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 82.4% | — | 74.7% | 76.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.1% | — | 1.9% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.8 min | — | 19.5 min | 17.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 48 | — | 53 | 20,100 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,449 | — | 19,275 | 602,987 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 239 | 16% | 85.8% | -0.5 min | 1.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 210 | 14% | 87.6% | -4.3 min | 1.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 166 | 11% | 68.1% | 47.6 min | 1.2% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 163 | 11% | 79.1% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 152 | 10% | 80.3% | 5.6 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 149 | 10% | 85.9% | 0.3 min | 0.7% |
| YX Republic Airline | 129 | 9% | 89.9% | -9.5 min | 1.6% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 89 | 6% | 80.9% | 4.5 min | 2.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 58 | 4% | 82.8% | 1.4 min | 1.7% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 56 | 4% | 87.5% | -0.5 min | 1.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 38 | 3% | 73.7% | 7.2 min | 2.6% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRR–ORD | Grand Rapids to Chicago | 214 | 87.4% | -2.1 min | 0.9% |
| GRR–DTW | Grand Rapids to Detroit | 124 | 79.8% | 3.9 min | 2.4% |
| GRR–MSP | Grand Rapids to Minneapolis | 123 | 91.1% | 1.0 min | 0.0% |
| GRR–DEN | Grand Rapids to Denver | 119 | 80.7% | -1.5 min | 0.8% |
| GRR–ATL | Grand Rapids to Atlanta | 110 | 83.6% | 0.3 min | 1.8% |
| GRR–DFW | Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth | 104 | 65.4% | 59.0 min | 1.0% |
| GRR–EWR | Grand Rapids to Newark | 99 | 90.9% | -8.7 min | 2.0% |
| GRR–CLT | Grand Rapids to Charlotte | 93 | 77.4% | 17.2 min | 1.1% |
| GRR–MDW | Grand Rapids to Chicago | 89 | 79.8% | 4.3 min | 0.0% |
| GRR–LGA | Grand Rapids to New York | 86 | 91.9% | -9.9 min | 0.0% |
| GRR–DCA | Grand Rapids to Washington | 58 | 77.6% | 9.5 min | 3.4% |
| GRR–BWI | Grand Rapids to Baltimore | 35 | 88.6% | -0.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left GRR on time in August 2023?
83.0% of 1,449 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
August 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 August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for GRR · methodology · corrections.