Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional in March 2026

80.5%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 164 domestic departures from Gunnison-Crested Butte Regional (GUC). 80.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.5% reached their destination on time; 7.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so GUC departures were 7.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 137 departures with 81.0% leaving on time: a change of −0.5 points, with flights up 20%.

Flights arriving at GUC that month were on time 76.7% of the time (163 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 70%, air carrier 19% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 80.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.2%
Cancelled 7.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	GUC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	80.5%	81.0%	82.4%	72.8%
Arrived on time	80.5%	75.2%	80.5%	73.2%
Cancelled	7.3%	0.0%	2.1%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.7 min	23.5 min	17.8 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	5	4	20,403
Scheduled departures	164	137	1,268	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	164	100%	80.5%	0.6 min	7.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
GUC–DEN	Gunnison to Denver	93	88.2%	-12.5 min	5.4%
GUC–DFW	Gunnison to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	71.0%	18.6 min	8.1%
GUC–ORD	Gunnison to Chicago	9	66.7%	17.6 min	22.2%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	19.1%	33.5%	482
Late-arriving aircraft	69.5%	39.3%	1,750
National Aviation System	7.9%	21.0%	200
Extreme weather	3.4%	5.9%	86
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,518 delay minutes on 20 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 March 2026?

80.5% of 164 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 81.0% of 137 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 80.5% and 7.3% in March 2026.

Provenance

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