Yampa Valley in May 2026

80.8%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 104 domestic departures from Yampa Valley (HDN). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.7% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so HDN departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 95 departures with 61.1% leaving on time: a change of +19.7 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at HDN that month were on time 70.2% of the time (104 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 78%, air carrier 19% and late-arriving aircraft 3%.

On time 83.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.3%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	HDN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	80.8%	61.1%	72.4%	77.1%
Arrived on time	83.7%	68.4%	74.2%	77.6%
Cancelled	0.0%	1.1%	1.0%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.3 min	34.1 min	24.2 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	3	7	20,391
Scheduled departures	104	95	2,393	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	62	60%	91.9%	-9.9 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	31	30%	74.2%	-3.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	11	11%	63.6%	36.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HDN–DEN	Hayden to Denver	104	83.7%	-3.0 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	18.8%	33.0%	215
Late-arriving aircraft	3.2%	40.4%	37
National Aviation System	78.0%	20.5%	894
Extreme weather	0.0%	6.0%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,146 delay minutes on 17 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 May 2026?

80.8% of 104 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 61.1% of 95 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 80.8% and 0.0% in May 2026.

Provenance

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