Gerald R. Ford International in March 2025

84.0%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,551 domestic departures from Gerald R. Ford International (GRR). 84.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.1% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so GRR departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 1,685 departures with 83.6% leaving on time: a change of +0.4 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at GRR that month were on time 77.8% of the time (1,552 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, national aviation system 23% and late-arriving aircraft 21%.

On time 83.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.0%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	GRR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	84.0%	83.6%	78.2%	79.9%
Arrived on time	83.1%	81.5%	74.7%	79.3%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.6%	1.9%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.9 min	15.5 min	19.5 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	52	56	53	20,029
Scheduled departures	1,551	1,685	19,275	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	295	19%	84.7%	-4.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	245	16%	79.6%	8.6 min	2.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	210	14%	91.0%	-7.7 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	198	13%	81.3%	-0.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	172	11%	75.6%	6.0 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	125	8%	85.6%	9.1 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	118	8%	87.3%	-5.5 min	0.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	70	5%	82.9%	3.2 min	2.9%
MQ Envoy Air	61	4%	80.3%	5.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	57	4%	78.9%	10.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GRR–ORD	Grand Rapids to Chicago	211	77.3%	10.5 min	0.9%
GRR–ATL	Grand Rapids to Atlanta	119	89.1%	-2.9 min	0.0%
GRR–DTW	Grand Rapids to Detroit	110	81.8%	2.1 min	0.0%
GRR–MSP	Grand Rapids to Minneapolis	103	88.3%	-10.9 min	1.0%
GRR–CLT	Grand Rapids to Charlotte	93	86.0%	-3.6 min	1.1%
GRR–DEN	Grand Rapids to Denver	93	87.1%	-2.7 min	0.0%
GRR–DFW	Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth	89	79.8%	9.0 min	1.1%
GRR–MCO	Grand Rapids to Orlando	70	81.4%	8.1 min	0.0%
GRR–MDW	Grand Rapids to Chicago	66	81.8%	3.0 min	0.0%
GRR–EWR	Grand Rapids to Newark	62	90.3%	-9.3 min	1.6%
GRR–PGD	Grand Rapids to Punta Gorda	58	79.3%	2.5 min	0.0%
GRR–DCA	Grand Rapids to Washington	57	78.9%	10.4 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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	52.4%	33.0%	10,901
Late-arriving aircraft	20.8%	39.2%	4,329
National Aviation System	22.5%	21.9%	4,668
Extreme weather	4.3%	5.9%	894
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

20,792 delay minutes on 248 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 2025?

84.0% of 1,551 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 83.6% of 1,685 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 84.0% and 0.7% in March 2025.

Provenance

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