Gerald R. Ford International in April 2025

85.2%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,471 domestic departures from Gerald R. Ford International (GRR). 85.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.0% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so GRR departures were 4.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 1,520 departures with 87.4% leaving on time: a change of −2.2 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at GRR that month were on time 79.9% of the time (1,468 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 84.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.2%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	GRR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	85.2%	87.4%	78.2%	80.6%
Arrived on time	84.0%	86.9%	74.7%	79.5%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.2%	1.9%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.7 min	9.9 min	19.5 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	49	51	53	19,465
Scheduled departures	1,471	1,520	19,275	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	249	17%	85.9%	-6.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	221	15%	75.6%	15.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	191	13%	89.5%	-4.3 min	1.0%
AA American Airlines	189	13%	80.4%	2.4 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	169	11%	89.9%	0.1 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	129	9%	85.3%	-3.8 min	3.9%
UA United Airlines	122	8%	81.1%	7.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	99	7%	84.8%	6.0 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	60	4%	85.0%	-3.1 min	3.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	42	3%	83.3%	2.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GRR–ORD	Grand Rapids to Chicago	292	80.8%	9.1 min	0.7%
GRR–ATL	Grand Rapids to Atlanta	116	90.5%	-3.9 min	0.9%
GRR–DTW	Grand Rapids to Detroit	104	84.6%	10.8 min	1.0%
GRR–MSP	Grand Rapids to Minneapolis	99	80.8%	-0.3 min	0.0%
GRR–CLT	Grand Rapids to Charlotte	90	84.4%	-1.1 min	0.0%
GRR–DEN	Grand Rapids to Denver	90	81.1%	7.2 min	0.0%
GRR–DFW	Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth	86	73.3%	6.1 min	1.2%
GRR–MDW	Grand Rapids to Chicago	64	85.9%	2.4 min	0.0%
GRR–DCA	Grand Rapids to Washington	60	85.0%	-3.1 min	3.3%
GRR–LAS	Grand Rapids to Las Vegas	45	95.6%	-4.9 min	0.0%
GRR–EWR	Grand Rapids to Newark	44	81.8%	-9.8 min	6.8%
GRR–PGD	Grand Rapids to Punta Gorda	44	95.5%	-16.5 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	40.0%	32.7%	6,990
Late-arriving aircraft	30.1%	39.4%	5,259
National Aviation System	24.2%	22.2%	4,225
Extreme weather	5.8%	5.5%	1,014
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

17,488 delay minutes on 224 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 April 2025?

85.2% of 1,471 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 87.4% of 1,520 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 85.2% and 0.7% in April 2025.

Provenance

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