Gerald R. Ford International in March 2024

83.6%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,685 domestic departures from Gerald R. Ford International (GRR). 83.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.5% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so GRR departures were 5.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at GRR that month were on time 79.2% of the time (1,686 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, national aviation system 30% and late-arriving aircraft 26%.

On time 81.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.9%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	GRR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	83.6%	—	78.2%	78.5%
Arrived on time	81.5%	—	74.7%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.6%	—	1.9%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.5 min	—	19.5 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	56	—	53	19,726
Scheduled departures	1,685	—	19,275	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	262	16%	86.3%	-2.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	242	14%	76.9%	10.8 min	0.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	242	14%	79.8%	-1.1 min	0.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	191	11%	71.7%	8.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	157	9%	79.6%	19.6 min	1.3%
YX Republic Airline	153	9%	94.8%	-16.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	143	8%	91.6%	-13.3 min	0.7%
F9 Frontier Airlines	114	7%	64.9%	50.0 min	2.6%
9E Endeavor Air	79	5%	89.9%	-5.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	58	3%	82.8%	3.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	44	3%	86.4%	-6.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GRR–ORD	Grand Rapids to Chicago	214	88.8%	-2.0 min	0.0%
GRR–DTW	Grand Rapids to Detroit	124	84.7%	4.3 min	0.0%
GRR–ATL	Grand Rapids to Atlanta	119	86.6%	-3.3 min	0.0%
GRR–MSP	Grand Rapids to Minneapolis	117	79.5%	8.8 min	1.7%
GRR–DEN	Grand Rapids to Denver	108	82.4%	-5.0 min	1.9%
GRR–LGA	Grand Rapids to New York	104	92.3%	-6.3 min	0.0%
GRR–CLT	Grand Rapids to Charlotte	93	81.7%	4.7 min	1.1%
GRR–DFW	Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	71.7%	13.3 min	1.1%
GRR–MDW	Grand Rapids to Chicago	88	89.8%	-7.2 min	0.0%
GRR–MCO	Grand Rapids to Orlando	72	59.7%	47.0 min	0.0%
GRR–EWR	Grand Rapids to Newark	62	91.9%	-16.5 min	0.0%
GRR–DCA	Grand Rapids to Washington	57	82.5%	3.9 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	40.6%	32.1%	10,935
Late-arriving aircraft	26.4%	42.1%	7,119
National Aviation System	29.8%	21.4%	8,020
Extreme weather	3.1%	4.2%	843
Security	0.1%	0.2%	15

26,932 delay minutes on 301 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 March 2024?

83.6% of 1,685 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.