Yampa Valley in December 2024

71.2%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 271 domestic departures from Yampa Valley (HDN). 71.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.4% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so HDN departures were 6.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 253 departures with 75.9% leaving on time: a change of −4.7 points, with flights up 7%.

Flights arriving at HDN that month were on time 76.0% of the time (271 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 69.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.2%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.7%

Every scheduled departure from HDN in December 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	HDN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	71.2%	75.9%	72.4%	77.8%
Arrived on time	69.4%	74.3%	74.2%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.7%	1.6%	1.0%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.1 min	17.9 min	24.2 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	8	7	19,686
Scheduled departures	271	253	2,393	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	113	42%	75.2%	0.3 min	0.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	57	21%	61.4%	20.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	45	17%	77.8%	-0.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	23	8%	60.9%	74.8 min	4.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	22	8%	50.0%	16.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	11	4%	72.7%	10.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HDN–DEN	Hayden to Denver	139	75.5%	0.9 min	0.0%
HDN–ORD	Hayden to Chicago	31	64.5%	8.7 min	3.2%
HDN–DFW	Hayden to Dallas/Fort Worth	23	60.9%	74.8 min	4.3%
HDN–IAH	Hayden to Houston	13	61.5%	18.4 min	0.0%
HDN–LAX	Hayden to Los Angeles	13	69.2%	14.2 min	0.0%
HDN–ATL	Hayden to Atlanta	11	36.4%	21.6 min	0.0%
HDN–MSP	Hayden to Minneapolis	11	63.6%	10.3 min	0.0%
HDN–EWR	Hayden to Newark	10	70.0%	18.9 min	0.0%
HDN–DAL	Hayden to Dallas	9	66.7%	31.0 min	0.0%
HDN–SAN	Hayden to San Diego	5	60.0%	8.4 min	0.0%
HDN–BNA	Hayden to Nashville	2	50.0%	18.5 min	0.0%
HDN–IAD	Hayden to Washington	2	100.0%	-17.0 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.3%	34.3%	2,037
Late-arriving aircraft	43.7%	40.2%	2,937
National Aviation System	17.9%	17.8%	1,200
Extreme weather	8.1%	7.5%	546
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,720 delay minutes on 79 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 2024?

71.2% of 271 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 75.9% of 253 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 71.2% and 0.7% in December 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2024; 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.