Great Falls International in November 2024

90.0%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 190 domestic departures from Great Falls International (GTF). 90.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.7% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so GTF departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 214 departures with 90.2% leaving on time: a change of −0.2 points, with flights down 11%.

Flights arriving at GTF that month were on time 87.9% of the time (190 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 67%, national aviation system 27% and late-arriving aircraft 5%.

On time 83.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.3%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	GTF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	90.0%	90.2%	88.2%	85.2%
Arrived on time	83.7%	88.3%	87.7%	84.8%
Cancelled	1.1%	0.0%	0.8%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	4.8 min	9.7 min	10.6 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	7	6	19,180
Scheduled departures	190	214	2,168	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	172	91%	83.1%	-0.5 min	1.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	9%	88.9%	-3.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GTF–SLC	Great Falls to Salt Lake City	83	85.5%	-0.6 min	0.0%
GTF–DEN	Great Falls to Denver	59	78.0%	-1.5 min	3.4%
GTF–MSP	Great Falls to Minneapolis	30	86.7%	1.5 min	0.0%
GTF–AZA	Great Falls to Phoenix	9	88.9%	-0.7 min	0.0%
GTF–LAS	Great Falls to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	-7.2 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	66.6%	36.9%	798
Late-arriving aircraft	5.0%	35.6%	60
National Aviation System	27.0%	21.9%	324
Extreme weather	1.3%	5.4%	16
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,198 delay minutes on 29 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 November 2024?

90.0% of 190 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 90.2% of 214 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 90.0% and 1.1% in November 2024.

Provenance

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