Gerald R. Ford International in November 2025

79.6%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,646 domestic departures from Gerald R. Ford International (GRR). 79.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.4% reached their destination on time; 3.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so GRR departures were 1.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 1,431 departures with 85.8% leaving on time: a change of −6.2 points, with flights up 15%.

Flights arriving at GRR that month were on time 73.7% of the time (1,646 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 31%, air carrier 29% and late-arriving aircraft 29%.

On time 76.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.4%
Cancelled 3.0%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	GRR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	79.6%	85.8%	78.2%	78.1%
Arrived on time	76.4%	83.1%	74.7%	77.3%
Cancelled	3.0%	0.2%	1.9%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.8 min	11.6 min	19.5 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	55	48	53	19,018
Scheduled departures	1,646	1,431	19,275	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	333	20%	77.8%	10.5 min	4.2%
YX Republic Airline	206	13%	69.4%	15.5 min	5.8%
AA American Airlines	196	12%	80.1%	1.6 min	1.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	189	11%	71.4%	7.4 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	180	11%	81.7%	-2.4 min	1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	170	10%	88.8%	-7.0 min	1.2%
UA United Airlines	143	9%	74.1%	15.6 min	0.7%
MQ Envoy Air	138	8%	75.4%	10.1 min	8.0%
OH PSA Airlines	55	3%	56.4%	32.4 min	5.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines	36	2%	69.4%	13.4 min	5.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GRR–ORD	Grand Rapids to Chicago	359	68.5%	22.2 min	7.0%
GRR–DTW	Grand Rapids to Detroit	192	80.7%	10.9 min	1.6%
GRR–ATL	Grand Rapids to Atlanta	122	86.9%	-3.4 min	1.6%
GRR–MSP	Grand Rapids to Minneapolis	107	87.9%	-3.7 min	1.9%
GRR–DEN	Grand Rapids to Denver	102	88.2%	-7.6 min	0.0%
GRR–CLT	Grand Rapids to Charlotte	85	80.0%	3.3 min	0.0%
GRR–LGA	Grand Rapids to New York	79	68.4%	6.0 min	7.6%
GRR–DFW	Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth	73	75.3%	2.0 min	5.5%
GRR–EWR	Grand Rapids to Newark	59	74.6%	12.4 min	3.4%
GRR–MDW	Grand Rapids to Chicago	59	76.3%	2.6 min	3.4%
GRR–DCA	Grand Rapids to Washington	55	54.5%	33.8 min	5.5%
GRR–MCO	Grand Rapids to Orlando	48	75.0%	3.8 min	2.1%

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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.3%	30.2%	8,609
Late-arriving aircraft	29.1%	38.3%	8,561
National Aviation System	31.0%	26.7%	9,101
Extreme weather	10.5%	4.6%	3,098
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

29,369 delay minutes on 336 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 November 2025?

79.6% of 1,646 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 85.8% of 1,431 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 79.6% and 3.0% in November 2025.

Provenance

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