Gerald R. Ford International in October 2023

89.6%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,430 domestic departures from Gerald R. Ford International (GRR). 89.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so GRR departures were 5.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at GRR that month were on time 83.6% of the time (1,430 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 88.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from GRR in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	GRR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	89.6%	—	78.2%	83.8%
Arrived on time	88.8%	—	74.7%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.5 min	—	19.5 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	48	—	53	19,966
Scheduled departures	1,430	—	19,275	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	306	21%	94.1%	-8.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	203	14%	94.1%	-10.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	184	13%	84.8%	-1.4 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	169	12%	86.4%	-1.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	147	10%	76.2%	16.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	109	8%	96.3%	-7.4 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	101	7%	88.1%	-2.4 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	60	4%	86.7%	1.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	58	4%	91.4%	-1.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	52	4%	88.5%	-4.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	41	3%	78.0%	3.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GRR–ORD	Grand Rapids to Chicago	186	91.9%	-8.1 min	0.0%
GRR–DEN	Grand Rapids to Denver	128	89.8%	-4.4 min	0.0%
GRR–DTW	Grand Rapids to Detroit	120	91.7%	-8.3 min	0.0%
GRR–MSP	Grand Rapids to Minneapolis	118	94.9%	-7.0 min	0.0%
GRR–ATL	Grand Rapids to Atlanta	117	92.3%	-6.4 min	0.0%
GRR–LGA	Grand Rapids to New York	111	89.2%	-1.9 min	0.0%
GRR–MDW	Grand Rapids to Chicago	89	86.5%	-2.3 min	0.0%
GRR–DFW	Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth	86	68.6%	26.0 min	0.0%
GRR–EWR	Grand Rapids to Newark	67	97.0%	-14.0 min	0.0%
GRR–CLT	Grand Rapids to Charlotte	65	87.7%	2.7 min	0.0%
GRR–DCA	Grand Rapids to Washington	54	90.7%	-1.1 min	0.0%
GRR–MCO	Grand Rapids to Orlando	38	89.5%	-5.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	30.6%	41.3%	3,402
Late-arriving aircraft	52.3%	40.5%	5,814
National Aviation System	14.4%	14.4%	1,602
Extreme weather	2.6%	3.7%	290
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

11,108 delay minutes on 159 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 GRR on time in October 2023?

89.6% of 1,430 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.