Gerald R. Ford International in July 2025

73.2%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,691 domestic departures from Gerald R. Ford International (GRR). 73.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.7% reached their destination on time; 2.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so GRR departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 1,541 departures with 73.7% leaving on time: a change of −0.5 points, with flights up 10%.

Flights arriving at GRR that month were on time 66.1% of the time (1,690 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 70.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.1%
Cancelled 2.7%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	GRR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	73.2%	73.7%	78.2%	69.7%
Arrived on time	70.7%	71.2%	74.7%	69.0%
Cancelled	2.7%	3.5%	1.9%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.8 min	21.7 min	19.5 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	56	51	53	21,048
Scheduled departures	1,691	1,541	19,275	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	272	16%	66.2%	29.1 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	244	14%	67.2%	26.3 min	2.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	244	14%	72.1%	16.5 min	0.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	223	13%	76.2%	8.8 min	1.3%
YX Republic Airline	216	13%	62.5%	16.6 min	6.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	182	11%	88.5%	-6.7 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	136	8%	80.1%	6.1 min	2.9%
OH PSA Airlines	68	4%	61.8%	36.2 min	13.2%
MQ Envoy Air	59	3%	52.5%	14.6 min	6.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	47	3%	59.6%	20.0 min	2.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GRR–ORD	Grand Rapids to Chicago	329	63.8%	24.1 min	2.4%
GRR–ATL	Grand Rapids to Atlanta	125	89.6%	-10.7 min	0.8%
GRR–DEN	Grand Rapids to Denver	122	80.3%	4.7 min	1.6%
GRR–DFW	Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth	121	60.3%	40.6 min	2.5%
GRR–LGA	Grand Rapids to New York	116	62.9%	16.4 min	7.8%
GRR–MSP	Grand Rapids to Minneapolis	115	80.9%	2.6 min	0.0%
GRR–DTW	Grand Rapids to Detroit	93	68.8%	24.5 min	1.1%
GRR–CLT	Grand Rapids to Charlotte	92	69.6%	17.1 min	2.2%
GRR–MDW	Grand Rapids to Chicago	89	73.0%	10.9 min	0.0%
GRR–EWR	Grand Rapids to Newark	75	66.7%	19.0 min	6.7%
GRR–DCA	Grand Rapids to Washington	62	61.3%	32.1 min	14.5%
GRR–BWI	Grand Rapids to Baltimore	53	79.2%	6.4 min	5.7%

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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	41.5%	31.1%	15,895
Late-arriving aircraft	31.1%	40.8%	11,905
National Aviation System	19.9%	20.7%	7,597
Extreme weather	7.5%	7.3%	2,866
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

38,263 delay minutes on 442 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 July 2025?

73.2% of 1,691 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 73.7% of 1,541 departures left on time and 3.5% were cancelled, against 73.2% and 2.7% in July 2025.

Provenance

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