Helena Regional in February 2024

89.7%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 145 domestic departures from Helena Regional (HLN). 89.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.4% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so HLN departures were 5.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at HLN that month were on time 88.3% of the time (145 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, extreme weather 29% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 81.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.9%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	HLN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	89.7%	—	89.3%	84.0%
Arrived on time	81.4%	—	87.5%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.7%	—	0.4%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.2 min	—	11.4 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	—	4	17,307
Scheduled departures	145	—	1,549	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	145	100%	81.4%	6.6 min	0.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HLN–DEN	Helena to Denver	58	75.9%	12.4 min	1.7%
HLN–SLC	Helena to Salt Lake City	58	84.5%	5.3 min	0.0%
HLN–SEA	Helena to Seattle	29	86.2%	-2.4 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	48.2%	35.9%	861
Late-arriving aircraft	4.1%	36.9%	73
National Aviation System	18.4%	21.7%	329
Extreme weather	29.4%	5.3%	525
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

1,788 delay minutes on 26 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 February 2024?

89.7% of 145 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.