Gerald R. Ford International in November 2024

85.8%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,431 domestic departures from Gerald R. Ford International (GRR). 85.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.1% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so GRR departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 1,353 departures with 90.3% leaving on time: a change of −4.5 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at GRR that month were on time 83.8% of the time (1,432 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 83.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.7%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	GRR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	85.8%	90.3%	78.2%	85.2%
Arrived on time	83.1%	89.6%	74.7%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.0%	1.9%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.6 min	6.2 min	19.5 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	48	45	53	19,180
Scheduled departures	1,431	1,353	19,275	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	221	15%	88.2%	-3.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	199	14%	86.9%	-2.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	191	13%	78.0%	16.8 min	0.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	181	13%	78.5%	7.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	172	12%	85.5%	-4.1 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	146	10%	82.2%	2.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	132	9%	81.1%	4.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	75	5%	77.3%	9.7 min	1.3%
OH PSA Airlines	54	4%	85.2%	-0.7 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	36	3%	83.3%	-4.7 min	2.8%
9E Endeavor Air	24	2%	91.7%	-15.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GRR–ORD	Grand Rapids to Chicago	246	81.7%	6.2 min	0.4%
GRR–DTW	Grand Rapids to Detroit	135	78.5%	6.8 min	0.0%
GRR–DEN	Grand Rapids to Denver	107	77.6%	5.1 min	0.9%
GRR–MSP	Grand Rapids to Minneapolis	107	86.9%	1.1 min	0.0%
GRR–ATL	Grand Rapids to Atlanta	106	88.7%	-8.2 min	0.0%
GRR–CLT	Grand Rapids to Charlotte	78	89.7%	-1.0 min	0.0%
GRR–DFW	Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth	77	63.6%	28.3 min	1.3%
GRR–LGA	Grand Rapids to New York	76	92.1%	-7.1 min	0.0%
GRR–MDW	Grand Rapids to Chicago	62	85.5%	4.7 min	0.0%
GRR–EWR	Grand Rapids to Newark	59	78.0%	0.1 min	0.0%
GRR–DCA	Grand Rapids to Washington	54	85.2%	-0.7 min	0.0%
GRR–LAS	Grand Rapids to Las Vegas	36	83.3%	-1.2 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.8%	36.9%	6,746
Late-arriving aircraft	29.9%	35.6%	5,326
National Aviation System	23.6%	21.9%	4,212
Extreme weather	8.4%	5.4%	1,506
Security	0.2%	0.2%	38

17,828 delay minutes on 239 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 November 2024?

85.8% of 1,431 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 90.3% of 1,353 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 85.8% and 0.2% in November 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.