Great Falls International in February 2024

85.3%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 211 domestic departures from Great Falls International (GTF). 85.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.8% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so GTF departures were 1.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at GTF that month were on time 87.2% of the time (211 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 43%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 76.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.8%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	GTF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	85.3%	—	88.2%	84.0%
Arrived on time	76.8%	—	87.7%	83.4%
Cancelled	1.4%	—	0.8%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.3 min	—	10.6 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	6	17,307
Scheduled departures	211	—	2,168	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	194	92%	76.8%	15.7 min	1.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	17	8%	76.5%	60.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GTF–SLC	Great Falls to Salt Lake City	78	80.8%	17.3 min	0.0%
GTF–DEN	Great Falls to Denver	58	67.2%	11.0 min	5.2%
GTF–MSP	Great Falls to Minneapolis	29	79.3%	27.8 min	0.0%
GTF–SEA	Great Falls to Seattle	29	82.8%	8.1 min	0.0%
GTF–AZA	Great Falls to Phoenix	9	66.7%	3.3 min	0.0%
GTF–LAS	Great Falls to Las Vegas	8	87.5%	124.5 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.6%	35.9%	2,206
Late-arriving aircraft	7.6%	36.9%	447
National Aviation System	11.7%	21.7%	685
Extreme weather	43.1%	5.3%	2,528
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

5,866 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 February 2024?

85.3% of 211 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.