Yampa Valley in April 2026

87.8%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 123 domestic departures from Yampa Valley (HDN). 87.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.5% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so HDN departures were 8.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 102 departures with 77.5% leaving on time: a change of +10.3 points, with flights up 21%.

Flights arriving at HDN that month were on time 81.3% of the time (123 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 48%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and air carrier 15%.

On time 80.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.9%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.8%

Every scheduled departure from HDN in April 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	HDN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	87.8%	77.5%	72.4%	79.1%
Arrived on time	80.5%	76.5%	74.2%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.8%	1.0%	1.0%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.4 min	18.9 min	24.2 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	3	7	19,931
Scheduled departures	123	102	2,393	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	76	62%	88.2%	-6.7 min	1.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	36	29%	66.7%	1.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	6	5%	83.3%	20.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	5	4%	60.0%	64.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HDN–DEN	Hayden to Denver	101	82.2%	-6.8 min	1.0%
HDN–ORD	Hayden to Chicago	10	50.0%	67.8 min	0.0%
HDN–DFW	Hayden to Dallas/Fort Worth	6	83.3%	20.7 min	0.0%
HDN–EWR	Hayden to Newark	5	100.0%	-15.4 min	0.0%
HDN–IAD	Hayden to Washington	1	100.0%	-34.0 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	14.8%	33.5%	279
Late-arriving aircraft	37.3%	40.4%	703
National Aviation System	47.8%	21.0%	900
Extreme weather	0.1%	5.0%	1
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,883 delay minutes on 22 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 April 2026?

87.8% of 123 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 77.5% of 102 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 87.8% and 0.8% in April 2026.

Provenance

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