Gerald R. Ford International in January 2024

70.0%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,569 domestic departures from Gerald R. Ford International (GRR). 70.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 62.4% reached their destination on time; 6.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so GRR departures were 4.0 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at GRR that month were on time 65.8% of the time (1,569 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 32%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 62.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 31.1%
Cancelled 6.3%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from GRR in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	GRR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	70.0%	—	78.2%	74.0%
Arrived on time	62.4%	—	74.7%	72.9%
Cancelled	6.3%	—	1.9%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	29.3 min	—	19.5 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	52	—	53	18,242
Scheduled departures	1,569	—	19,275	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	241	15%	71.4%	10.9 min	2.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	205	13%	55.6%	31.3 min	12.2%
AA American Airlines	198	13%	55.6%	35.1 min	4.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	174	11%	63.8%	22.0 min	2.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	161	10%	60.2%	15.2 min	6.2%
YX Republic Airline	152	10%	67.8%	4.2 min	6.6%
UA United Airlines	101	6%	62.4%	45.0 min	7.9%
9E Endeavor Air	90	6%	65.6%	8.7 min	8.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	90	6%	67.8%	30.4 min	8.9%
MQ Envoy Air	89	6%	56.2%	23.1 min	9.0%
OH PSA Airlines	68	4%	57.4%	47.8 min	4.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GRR–ORD	Grand Rapids to Chicago	242	52.1%	28.2 min	12.0%
GRR–DTW	Grand Rapids to Detroit	113	67.3%	18.8 min	1.8%
GRR–MSP	Grand Rapids to Minneapolis	113	70.8%	20.0 min	1.8%
GRR–ATL	Grand Rapids to Atlanta	106	73.6%	7.3 min	1.9%
GRR–LGA	Grand Rapids to New York	97	64.9%	7.2 min	9.3%
GRR–DEN	Grand Rapids to Denver	94	63.8%	23.3 min	7.4%
GRR–MDW	Grand Rapids to Chicago	89	64.0%	17.3 min	6.7%
GRR–CLT	Grand Rapids to Charlotte	88	60.2%	40.0 min	4.5%
GRR–DFW	Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth	79	48.1%	34.6 min	5.1%
GRR–DCA	Grand Rapids to Washington	61	54.1%	54.3 min	4.9%
GRR–EWR	Grand Rapids to Newark	59	76.3%	-5.7 min	8.5%
GRR–MCO	Grand Rapids to Orlando	56	62.5%	49.3 min	8.9%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.2%	32.6%	14,425
Late-arriving aircraft	31.9%	39.0%	15,210
National Aviation System	19.2%	17.9%	9,161
Extreme weather	18.7%	10.3%	8,899
Security	0.0%	0.2%	2

47,697 delay minutes on 488 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 January 2024?

70.0% of 1,569 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 62.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.