Helena Regional in January 2024

73.9%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 161 domestic departures from Helena Regional (HLN). 73.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.9% reached their destination on time; 3.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so HLN departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HLN that month were on time 76.4% of the time (161 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 68.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.0%
Cancelled 3.1%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from HLN in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	HLN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	73.9%	—	89.3%	74.0%
Arrived on time	68.9%	—	87.5%	72.9%
Cancelled	3.1%	—	0.4%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	39.4 min	—	11.4 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	—	4	18,242
Scheduled departures	161	—	1,549	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	161	100%	68.9%	35.9 min	3.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HLN–SLC	Helena to Salt Lake City	68	70.6%	23.4 min	2.9%
HLN–DEN	Helena to Denver	62	64.5%	62.8 min	4.8%
HLN–SEA	Helena to Seattle	31	74.2%	11.3 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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.4%	32.6%	2,460
Late-arriving aircraft	33.6%	39.0%	2,214
National Aviation System	14.6%	17.9%	961
Extreme weather	14.4%	10.3%	945
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,580 delay minutes on 45 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 January 2024?

73.9% of 161 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.