Great Falls International in February 2026

86.1%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 173 domestic departures from Great Falls International (GTF). 86.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.5% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so GTF departures were 8.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 208 departures with 85.6% leaving on time: a change of +0.5 points, with flights down 17%.

Flights arriving at GTF that month were on time 83.8% of the time (173 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and extreme weather 20%.

On time 85.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.9%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from GTF in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	GTF, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	86.1%	85.6%	88.2%	78.1%
Arrived on time	85.5%	77.4%	87.7%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.6%	0.0%	0.8%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.4 min	11.0 min	10.6 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	7	6	17,168
Scheduled departures	173	208	2,168	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	157	91%	87.3%	-5.7 min	0.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	16	9%	68.8%	-0.4 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	91.0%	-7.0 min	0.0%
GTF–DEN	Great Falls to Denver	56	91.1%	-12.6 min	1.8%
GTF–SEA	Great Falls to Seattle	23	65.2%	15.0 min	0.0%
GTF–AZA	Great Falls to Phoenix	8	50.0%	12.0 min	0.0%
GTF–LAS	Great Falls to Las Vegas	8	87.5%	-12.9 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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	40.2%	38.2%	632
Late-arriving aircraft	27.4%	37.2%	431
National Aviation System	12.2%	18.5%	192
Extreme weather	20.1%	6.0%	316
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,571 delay minutes on 24 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 2026?

86.1% of 173 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 85.6% of 208 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 86.1% and 0.6% in February 2026.

Provenance

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