Gerald R. Ford International in February 2025

79.1%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,235 domestic departures from Gerald R. Ford International (GRR). 79.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.1% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so GRR departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 1,498 departures with 87.6% leaving on time: a change of −8.5 points, with flights down 18%.

Flights arriving at GRR that month were on time 74.6% of the time (1,236 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 34%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and air carrier 23%.

On time 72.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.2%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from GRR in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	GRR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	79.1%	87.6%	78.2%	79.2%
Arrived on time	72.1%	88.6%	74.7%	77.9%
Cancelled	1.5%	0.3%	1.9%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.8 min	11.2 min	19.5 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	41	50	53	16,830
Scheduled departures	1,235	1,498	19,275	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	210	17%	67.6%	7.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	204	17%	63.7%	26.3 min	1.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	184	15%	79.3%	7.3 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	164	13%	76.8%	3.6 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	154	12%	83.8%	-1.6 min	3.2%
UA United Airlines	95	8%	72.6%	7.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	76	6%	75.0%	-8.7 min	2.6%
MQ Envoy Air	55	4%	74.5%	3.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	52	4%	69.2%	14.6 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	41	3%	36.6%	43.5 min	24.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GRR–ORD	Grand Rapids to Chicago	202	73.3%	9.9 min	1.5%
GRR–ATL	Grand Rapids to Atlanta	106	83.0%	0.5 min	0.0%
GRR–DEN	Grand Rapids to Denver	84	79.8%	4.6 min	0.0%
GRR–CLT	Grand Rapids to Charlotte	79	68.4%	22.4 min	2.5%
GRR–DTW	Grand Rapids to Detroit	72	72.2%	12.1 min	0.0%
GRR–DFW	Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth	68	64.7%	14.8 min	0.0%
GRR–MDW	Grand Rapids to Chicago	56	73.2%	4.5 min	0.0%
GRR–EWR	Grand Rapids to Newark	55	83.6%	-2.6 min	3.6%
GRR–MCO	Grand Rapids to Orlando	55	78.2%	-8.0 min	1.8%
GRR–MSP	Grand Rapids to Minneapolis	50	80.0%	18.6 min	0.0%
GRR–PGD	Grand Rapids to Punta Gorda	43	62.8%	13.1 min	0.0%
GRR–DCA	Grand Rapids to Washington	41	36.6%	43.5 min	24.4%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	22.5%	33.9%	5,247
Late-arriving aircraft	32.2%	36.9%	7,507
National Aviation System	34.1%	22.5%	7,956
Extreme weather	11.1%	6.6%	2,583
Security	0.2%	0.1%	52

23,345 delay minutes on 324 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 February 2025?

79.1% of 1,235 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 87.6% of 1,498 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 79.1% and 1.5% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.