Gerald R. Ford International in April 2026

80.7%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,710 domestic departures from Gerald R. Ford International (GRR). 80.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.4% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so GRR departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 1,471 departures with 85.2% leaving on time: a change of −4.5 points, with flights up 16%.

Flights arriving at GRR that month were on time 75.4% of the time (1,711 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 32%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 77.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.5%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from GRR in April 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

April 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	GRR, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	80.7%	85.2%	78.2%	79.1%
Arrived on time	77.4%	84.0%	74.7%	78.9%
Cancelled	1.9%	0.7%	1.9%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.6 min	11.7 min	19.5 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	57	49	53	19,931
Scheduled departures	1,710	1,471	19,275	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	305	18%	77.4%	9.1 min	2.3%
AA American Airlines	269	16%	72.5%	22.0 min	3.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	245	14%	83.7%	-2.9 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	190	11%	77.4%	12.1 min	3.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	162	9%	85.8%	-1.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	154	9%	62.3%	21.6 min	1.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	146	9%	89.7%	-4.2 min	1.4%
MQ Envoy Air	110	6%	63.6%	19.2 min	4.5%
OH PSA Airlines	83	5%	74.7%	12.4 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	46	3%	91.3%	-7.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GRR–ORD	Grand Rapids to Chicago	442	61.8%	26.3 min	6.1%
GRR–DTW	Grand Rapids to Detroit	139	83.5%	6.6 min	1.4%
GRR–ATL	Grand Rapids to Atlanta	120	89.2%	-5.6 min	1.7%
GRR–MSP	Grand Rapids to Minneapolis	96	87.5%	-1.6 min	1.0%
GRR–DEN	Grand Rapids to Denver	95	83.2%	-0.3 min	0.0%
GRR–CLT	Grand Rapids to Charlotte	90	84.4%	18.6 min	0.0%
GRR–MDW	Grand Rapids to Chicago	86	82.6%	0.4 min	0.0%
GRR–DFW	Grand Rapids to Dallas/Fort Worth	85	67.1%	19.2 min	0.0%
GRR–EWR	Grand Rapids to Newark	60	83.3%	1.9 min	0.0%
GRR–DCA	Grand Rapids to Washington	59	69.5%	21.4 min	0.0%
GRR–LGA	Grand Rapids to New York	48	83.3%	1.0 min	0.0%
GRR–PGD	Grand Rapids to Punta Gorda	44	95.5%	-13.7 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	31.2%	33.5%	9,595
Late-arriving aircraft	31.9%	40.4%	9,815
National Aviation System	24.8%	21.0%	7,641
Extreme weather	12.1%	5.0%	3,738
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

30,789 delay minutes on 351 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 2026?

80.7% of 1,710 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 85.2% of 1,471 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 80.7% and 1.9% in April 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 2026; 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.