Helena Regional in November 2023

94.5%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 128 domestic departures from Helena Regional (HLN). 94.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 91.4% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so HLN departures were 8.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HLN that month were on time 89.1% of the time (128 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, national aviation system 28% and late-arriving aircraft 24%.

On time 91.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.6%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from HLN in November 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

November 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	HLN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	94.5%	—	89.3%	86.0%
Arrived on time	91.4%	—	87.5%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	0.4%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	2.1 min	—	11.4 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	—	4	18,793
Scheduled departures	128	—	1,549	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	128	100%	91.4%	-8.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HLN–SLC	Helena to Salt Lake City	59	93.2%	-3.6 min	0.0%
HLN–DEN	Helena to Denver	56	94.6%	-16.8 min	0.0%
HLN–SEA	Helena to Seattle	13	69.2%	4.7 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	43.9%	42.5%	108
Late-arriving aircraft	24.4%	37.3%	60
National Aviation System	27.6%	16.2%	68
Extreme weather	4.1%	3.7%	10
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

246 delay minutes on 11 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 HLN on time in November 2023?

94.5% of 128 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 91.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for HLN · methodology · corrections.