Yampa Valley in December 2023

75.9%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 253 domestic departures from Yampa Valley (HDN). 75.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.3% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so HDN departures were 7.2 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HDN that month were on time 80.6% of the time (253 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, extreme weather 28% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 74.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.1%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from HDN in December 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	HDN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	75.9%	—	72.4%	83.1%
Arrived on time	74.3%	—	74.2%	83.8%
Cancelled	1.6%	—	1.0%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.9 min	—	24.2 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	7	19,013
Scheduled departures	253	—	2,393	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	76	30%	77.6%	-4.0 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	73	29%	69.9%	11.4 min	4.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	60	24%	73.3%	25.8 min	1.7%
AA American Airlines	23	9%	82.6%	-7.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	19	8%	73.7%	-8.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	2	1%	50.0%	26.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HDN–DEN	Hayden to Denver	147	72.8%	11.2 min	2.7%
HDN–DFW	Hayden to Dallas/Fort Worth	23	82.6%	-7.5 min	0.0%
HDN–ATL	Hayden to Atlanta	16	81.3%	-11.8 min	0.0%
HDN–ORD	Hayden to Chicago	14	71.4%	7.1 min	0.0%
HDN–IAH	Hayden to Houston	12	91.7%	-22.9 min	0.0%
HDN–LAX	Hayden to Los Angeles	11	81.8%	15.1 min	0.0%
HDN–EWR	Hayden to Newark	9	77.8%	-2.0 min	0.0%
HDN–SAN	Hayden to San Diego	8	75.0%	6.5 min	0.0%
HDN–BNA	Hayden to Nashville	3	66.7%	26.0 min	0.0%
HDN–DAL	Hayden to Dallas	3	66.7%	45.3 min	0.0%
HDN–MSP	Hayden to Minneapolis	3	33.3%	9.3 min	0.0%
HDN–IAD	Hayden to Washington	2	0.0%	73.5 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	8.7%	37.1%	423
Late-arriving aircraft	40.6%	38.8%	1,982
National Aviation System	22.3%	17.6%	1,090
Extreme weather	28.4%	6.2%	1,388
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

4,883 delay minutes on 61 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 HDN on time in December 2023?

75.9% of 253 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 2022 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 December 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for HDN · methodology · corrections.