Great Falls International in January 2024

78.8%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 217 domestic departures from Great Falls International (GTF). 78.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.0% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so GTF departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at GTF that month were on time 79.3% of the time (217 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, extreme weather 34% and air carrier 15%.

On time 77.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.2%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from GTF in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	GTF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	78.8%	—	88.2%	74.0%
Arrived on time	77.0%	—	87.7%	72.9%
Cancelled	1.8%	—	0.8%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.5 min	—	10.6 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	6	18,242
Scheduled departures	217	—	2,168	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	200	92%	77.5%	14.1 min	1.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	17	8%	70.6%	80.5 min	5.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GTF–SLC	Great Falls to Salt Lake City	83	77.1%	14.2 min	0.0%
GTF–DEN	Great Falls to Denver	62	79.0%	4.9 min	4.8%
GTF–MSP	Great Falls to Minneapolis	31	83.9%	19.5 min	0.0%
GTF–SEA	Great Falls to Seattle	24	66.7%	29.3 min	0.0%
GTF–LAS	Great Falls to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	0.4 min	11.1%
GTF–AZA	Great Falls to Phoenix	8	75.0%	160.6 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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	15.2%	32.6%	933
Late-arriving aircraft	43.0%	39.0%	2,642
National Aviation System	7.7%	17.9%	473
Extreme weather	33.7%	10.3%	2,070
Security	0.4%	0.2%	24

6,142 delay minutes on 46 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 GTF on time in January 2024?

78.8% of 217 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for GTF · methodology · corrections.