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Airport month · August 2024
Gerald R. Ford International in August 2024
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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,473 domestic departures from Gerald R. Ford International (GRR). 77.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.4% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so GRR departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 1,449 departures with 83.0% leaving on time: a change of −5.6 points, with flights up 2%.
Flights arriving at GRR that month were on time 71.6% of the time (1,474 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 76.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.0%
- Cancelled 2.5%
- Diverted 0.1%
August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2024 | Aug 2023 | GRR, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 77.4% | 83.0% | 78.2% | 75.4% |
| Arrived on time | 76.4% | 82.4% | 74.7% | 74.7% |
| Cancelled | 2.5% | 1.1% | 1.9% | 2.1% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 15.9 min | 14.8 min | 19.5 min | 18.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 49 | 48 | 53 | 20,634 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,473 | 1,449 | 19,275 | 619,025 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 235 | 16% | 89.8% | 0.0 min | 1.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 208 | 14% | 72.6% | 18.1 min | 1.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 176 | 12% | 75.0% | 3.8 min | 8.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 170 | 12% | 72.4% | 14.2 min | 0.0% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 166 | 11% | 79.5% | 6.8 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 147 | 10% | 75.5% | 4.4 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 112 | 8% | 88.4% | 0.2 min | 1.8% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 92 | 6% | 70.7% | -1.1 min | 10.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 59 | 4% | 52.5% | 29.9 min | 1.7% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 57 | 4% | 66.7% | 13.7 min | 8.8% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 51 | 3% | 62.7% | 35.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRR–ORD | Grand Rapids to Chicago | 208 | 74.0% | 13.3 min | 1.0% |
| GRR–DTW | Grand Rapids to Detroit | 141 | 78.7% | 2.4 min | 1.4% |
| GRR–ATL | Grand Rapids to Atlanta | 126 | 90.5% | -6.9 min | 0.0% |
| GRR–DEN | Grand Rapids to Denver | 123 | 80.5% | 2.5 min | 0.8% |
| GRR–MSP | Grand Rapids to Minneapolis | 120 | 78.3% | 20.6 min | 0.8% |
| GRR–LGA | Grand Rapids to New York | 105 | 70.5% | 0.3 min | 10.5% |
| GRR–EWR | Grand Rapids to Newark | 95 | 72.6% | 1.0 min | 13.7% |
| GRR–DFW | Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth | 94 | 68.1% | 14.4 min | 1.1% |
| GRR–CLT | Grand Rapids to Charlotte | 89 | 71.9% | 28.7 min | 1.1% |
| GRR–MDW | Grand Rapids to Chicago | 88 | 89.8% | 2.6 min | 0.0% |
| GRR–DCA | Grand Rapids to Washington | 57 | 66.7% | 13.7 min | 8.8% |
| GRR–BWI | Grand Rapids to Baltimore | 31 | 67.7% | 11.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left GRR on time in August 2024?
77.4% of 1,473 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In August 2023, 83.0% of 1,449 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 77.4% and 2.5% in August 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.