Gerald R. Ford International in December 2023

88.5%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,491 domestic departures from Gerald R. Ford International (GRR). 88.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.7% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so GRR departures were 5.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at GRR that month were on time 85.4% of the time (1,491 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 88.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.9%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	GRR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	88.5%	—	78.2%	83.1%
Arrived on time	88.7%	—	74.7%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	1.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.2 min	—	19.5 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	50	—	53	19,013
Scheduled departures	1,491	—	19,275	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	290	19%	92.4%	-4.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	188	13%	87.2%	-5.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	176	12%	86.4%	5.5 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	157	11%	81.5%	-1.7 min	1.9%
UA United Airlines	141	9%	92.9%	-17.7 min	0.7%
YX Republic Airline	126	8%	96.0%	-16.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	104	7%	86.5%	-3.6 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	86	6%	89.5%	-13.4 min	1.2%
MQ Envoy Air	83	6%	88.0%	-10.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	73	5%	82.2%	-2.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	67	4%	86.6%	-6.5 min	1.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GRR–ORD	Grand Rapids to Chicago	216	87.0%	-8.2 min	0.0%
GRR–DTW	Grand Rapids to Detroit	119	92.4%	-3.2 min	0.0%
GRR–ATL	Grand Rapids to Atlanta	113	92.9%	-5.8 min	0.0%
GRR–MSP	Grand Rapids to Minneapolis	111	92.8%	-9.2 min	0.0%
GRR–DEN	Grand Rapids to Denver	107	91.6%	-19.1 min	0.9%
GRR–LGA	Grand Rapids to New York	90	88.9%	-12.2 min	1.1%
GRR–MDW	Grand Rapids to Chicago	90	81.1%	-1.3 min	3.3%
GRR–DFW	Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth	77	83.1%	12.7 min	0.0%
GRR–CLT	Grand Rapids to Charlotte	71	88.7%	5.4 min	0.0%
GRR–EWR	Grand Rapids to Newark	57	100.0%	-20.4 min	0.0%
GRR–DCA	Grand Rapids to Washington	54	85.2%	-7.8 min	1.9%
GRR–MCO	Grand Rapids to Orlando	36	75.0%	8.8 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 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	46.3%	37.1%	6,213
Late-arriving aircraft	35.4%	38.8%	4,750
National Aviation System	15.3%	17.6%	2,050
Extreme weather	3.0%	6.2%	404
Security	0.1%	0.3%	11

13,428 delay minutes on 162 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 December 2023?

88.5% of 1,491 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.