Gerald R. Ford International in July 2024

73.7%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,541 domestic departures from Gerald R. Ford International (GRR). 73.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.2% reached their destination on time; 3.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so GRR departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at GRR that month were on time 67.4% of the time (1,541 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 71.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.1%
Cancelled 3.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	GRR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	73.7%	—	78.2%	68.5%
Arrived on time	71.2%	—	74.7%	68.1%
Cancelled	3.5%	—	1.9%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.7 min	—	19.5 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	51	—	53	21,154
Scheduled departures	1,541	—	19,275	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	241	16%	71.8%	16.5 min	7.9%
AA American Airlines	238	15%	65.5%	28.0 min	1.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	180	12%	65.0%	18.4 min	1.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	178	12%	76.4%	3.2 min	2.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	175	11%	78.9%	9.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	173	11%	78.0%	9.5 min	3.5%
UA United Airlines	92	6%	78.3%	6.7 min	2.2%
9E Endeavor Air	86	6%	64.0%	16.9 min	10.5%
MQ Envoy Air	62	4%	67.7%	19.0 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	59	4%	66.1%	22.6 min	10.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	57	4%	59.6%	23.3 min	1.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GRR–ORD	Grand Rapids to Chicago	194	72.2%	12.9 min	1.5%
GRR–DTW	Grand Rapids to Detroit	136	80.1%	3.0 min	2.9%
GRR–DFW	Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth	131	60.3%	34.6 min	0.8%
GRR–ATL	Grand Rapids to Atlanta	130	70.0%	18.4 min	8.5%
GRR–MSP	Grand Rapids to Minneapolis	122	68.0%	20.9 min	4.9%
GRR–DEN	Grand Rapids to Denver	119	74.8%	7.1 min	0.0%
GRR–LGA	Grand Rapids to New York	107	68.2%	14.8 min	7.5%
GRR–EWR	Grand Rapids to Newark	100	74.0%	14.3 min	6.0%
GRR–CLT	Grand Rapids to Charlotte	92	68.5%	22.0 min	2.2%
GRR–MDW	Grand Rapids to Chicago	89	80.9%	9.1 min	0.0%
GRR–DCA	Grand Rapids to Washington	57	64.9%	24.4 min	10.5%
GRR–BWI	Grand Rapids to Baltimore	31	80.6%	9.1 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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.3%	36.6%	9,796
Late-arriving aircraft	45.7%	42.7%	14,790
National Aviation System	20.4%	16.0%	6,609
Extreme weather	3.5%	4.6%	1,126
Security	0.1%	0.1%	44

32,365 delay minutes on 387 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 July 2024?

73.7% of 1,541 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.