Yampa Valley in March 2026

64.5%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 431 domestic departures from Yampa Valley (HDN). 64.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 65.2% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so HDN departures were 8.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 422 departures with 75.8% leaving on time: a change of −11.3 points, with flights up 2%.

Flights arriving at HDN that month were on time 61.8% of the time (432 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, national aviation system 32% and air carrier 14%.

On time 65.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 33.6%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from HDN 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	HDN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	64.5%	75.8%	72.4%	72.8%
Arrived on time	65.2%	74.4%	74.2%	73.2%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.9%	1.0%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	36.4 min	21.7 min	24.2 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	14	7	20,403
Scheduled departures	431	422	2,393	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	159	37%	71.7%	8.0 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	93	22%	65.6%	20.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	58	13%	72.4%	10.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	37	9%	62.2%	24.8 min	2.7%
AA American Airlines	31	7%	51.6%	70.6 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	30	7%	43.3%	87.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	23	5%	52.2%	39.5 min	4.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HDN–DEN	Hayden to Denver	156	72.4%	8.3 min	0.0%
HDN–ORD	Hayden to Chicago	54	55.6%	35.8 min	3.7%
HDN–DFW	Hayden to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	51.6%	70.6 min	0.0%
HDN–EWR	Hayden to Newark	31	77.4%	-5.8 min	0.0%
HDN–ATL	Hayden to Atlanta	29	62.1%	25.1 min	3.4%
HDN–DAL	Hayden to Dallas	22	63.6%	22.5 min	0.0%
HDN–LAX	Hayden to Los Angeles	20	90.0%	-20.3 min	0.0%
HDN–BOS	Hayden to Boston	17	41.2%	114.8 min	0.0%
HDN–SAN	Hayden to San Diego	17	58.8%	32.7 min	0.0%
HDN–FLL	Hayden to Fort Lauderdale	13	46.2%	49.3 min	0.0%
HDN–SEA	Hayden to Seattle	13	69.2%	30.2 min	0.0%
HDN–MSP	Hayden to Minneapolis	8	62.5%	23.6 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	14.1%	33.5%	2,090
Late-arriving aircraft	51.6%	39.3%	7,628
National Aviation System	32.0%	21.0%	4,733
Extreme weather	2.2%	5.9%	328
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

14,779 delay minutes on 145 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 March 2026?

64.5% of 431 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 65.2% 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, 75.8% of 422 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 64.5% and 0.7% 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 HDN · methodology · corrections.