Yampa Valley in December 2025

66.3%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 285 domestic departures from Yampa Valley (HDN). 66.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.7% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so HDN departures were 5.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 271 departures with 71.2% leaving on time: a change of −4.9 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at HDN that month were on time 63.2% of the time (285 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 61%, air carrier 17% and extreme weather 13%.

On time 73.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.9%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from HDN in December 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	HDN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	66.3%	71.2%	72.4%	72.0%
Arrived on time	73.7%	69.4%	74.2%	71.9%
Cancelled	2.1%	0.7%	1.0%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	33.7 min	25.1 min	24.2 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	9	7	19,410
Scheduled departures	285	271	2,393	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	125	44%	80.8%	14.5 min	1.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	59	21%	79.7%	-3.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	39	14%	64.1%	15.1 min	2.6%
AA American Airlines	26	9%	50.0%	68.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	22	8%	72.7%	-7.7 min	13.6%
MQ Envoy Air	14	5%	57.1%	22.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HDN–DEN	Hayden to Denver	123	77.2%	3.5 min	1.6%
HDN–ORD	Hayden to Chicago	35	77.1%	2.0 min	0.0%
HDN–DFW	Hayden to Dallas/Fort Worth	26	50.0%	68.5 min	0.0%
HDN–EWR	Hayden to Newark	14	85.7%	17.5 min	0.0%
HDN–IAH	Hayden to Houston	14	85.7%	22.4 min	0.0%
HDN–LAX	Hayden to Los Angeles	14	78.6%	8.6 min	0.0%
HDN–ATL	Hayden to Atlanta	12	83.3%	-18.5 min	16.7%
HDN–SFO	Hayden to San Francisco	11	63.6%	23.5 min	0.0%
HDN–DAL	Hayden to Dallas	10	90.0%	-26.6 min	0.0%
HDN–MSP	Hayden to Minneapolis	10	60.0%	4.3 min	10.0%
HDN–SAN	Hayden to San Diego	6	50.0%	20.4 min	16.7%
HDN–SEA	Hayden to Seattle	6	50.0%	12.0 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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	16.8%	33.3%	1,419
Late-arriving aircraft	61.3%	41.1%	5,162
National Aviation System	9.3%	19.1%	786
Extreme weather	12.5%	6.4%	1,056
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,423 delay minutes on 68 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 2025?

66.3% of 285 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 71.2% of 271 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 66.3% and 2.1% in December 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2025; 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.