Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional in January 2026

78.5%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 149 domestic departures from Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional (GUC). 78.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.5% reached their destination on time; 6.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so GUC departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 130 departures with 78.5% leaving on time: a change of 0.0 points, with flights up 15%.

Flights arriving at GUC that month were on time 72.5% of the time (149 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 34% and extreme weather 22%.

On time 78.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.8%
Cancelled 6.7%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from GUC in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	GUC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	78.5%	78.5%	82.4%	75.6%
Arrived on time	78.5%	78.5%	80.5%	75.3%
Cancelled	6.7%	0.8%	2.1%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.4 min	29.2 min	17.8 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	4	4	18,133
Scheduled departures	149	130	1,268	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	149	100%	78.5%	7.2 min	6.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GUC–DEN	Gunnison to Denver	93	87.1%	-0.8 min	1.1%
GUC–DFW	Gunnison to Dallas/Fort Worth	54	64.8%	14.7 min	16.7%
GUC–ORD	Gunnison to Chicago	2	50.0%	205.5 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	34.2%	37.3%	915
Late-arriving aircraft	38.0%	35.0%	1,018
National Aviation System	6.0%	18.0%	160
Extreme weather	21.9%	9.6%	586
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,679 delay minutes on 22 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 GUC on time in January 2026?

78.5% of 149 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 78.5% of 130 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 78.5% and 6.7% in January 2026.

Provenance

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