Gerald R. Ford International in October 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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,782 domestic departures from Gerald R. Ford International (GRR). 85.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.5% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so GRR departures were 5.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 1,492 departures with 88.7% leaving on time: a change of −3.5 points, with flights up 19%.

Flights arriving at GRR that month were on time 79.5% of the time (1,785 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 26%.

On time 81.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.8%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	GRR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	85.2%	88.7%	78.2%	80.0%
Arrived on time	81.5%	88.4%	74.7%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.4%	1.1%	1.9%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.6 min	8.4 min	19.5 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	59	50	53	20,195
Scheduled departures	1,782	1,492	19,275	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	255	14%	87.1%	-2.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	250	14%	76.0%	4.3 min	1.6%
AA American Airlines	238	13%	79.4%	6.3 min	0.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	205	12%	81.5%	1.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	201	11%	80.1%	0.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	198	11%	91.9%	-6.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	189	11%	78.8%	5.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	124	7%	85.5%	-2.9 min	0.8%
MQ Envoy Air	79	4%	67.1%	13.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	43	2%	79.1%	4.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GRR–ORD	Grand Rapids to Chicago	359	71.0%	13.4 min	0.3%
GRR–DTW	Grand Rapids to Detroit	187	89.3%	-4.4 min	0.0%
GRR–ATL	Grand Rapids to Atlanta	126	93.7%	-6.1 min	0.0%
GRR–LGA	Grand Rapids to New York	116	82.8%	0.6 min	2.6%
GRR–MSP	Grand Rapids to Minneapolis	114	88.6%	-6.2 min	0.0%
GRR–DEN	Grand Rapids to Denver	111	90.1%	-2.3 min	0.0%
GRR–MDW	Grand Rapids to Chicago	88	86.4%	-3.0 min	0.0%
GRR–DCA	Grand Rapids to Washington	84	79.8%	1.7 min	1.2%
GRR–EWR	Grand Rapids to Newark	83	71.1%	5.6 min	1.2%
GRR–DFW	Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth	80	75.0%	2.7 min	1.3%
GRR–CLT	Grand Rapids to Charlotte	78	87.2%	-4.9 min	0.0%
GRR–PHL	Grand Rapids to Philadelphia	51	94.1%	-10.3 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	34.7%	34.0%	6,607
Late-arriving aircraft	35.1%	39.7%	6,680
National Aviation System	26.2%	22.9%	4,989
Extreme weather	3.9%	3.3%	745
Security	0.1%	0.1%	18

19,039 delay minutes on 318 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 October 2025?

85.2% of 1,782 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 88.7% of 1,492 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 85.2% and 0.4% in October 2025.

Provenance

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