Helena Regional in November 2024

88.1%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 118 domestic departures from Helena Regional (HLN). 88.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.7% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so HLN departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 128 departures with 94.5% leaving on time: a change of −6.4 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at HLN that month were on time 83.1% of the time (118 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 85%, national aviation system 8% and late-arriving aircraft 7%.

On time 84.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.6%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	HLN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	88.1%	94.5%	89.3%	85.2%
Arrived on time	84.7%	91.4%	87.5%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.0%	0.4%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.7 min	2.1 min	11.4 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	4	4	19,180
Scheduled departures	118	128	1,549	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	118	100%	84.7%	4.8 min	0.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HLN–DEN	Helena to Denver	59	76.3%	19.3 min	1.7%
HLN–SLC	Helena to Salt Lake City	59	93.2%	-9.2 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	84.6%	36.9%	1,455
Late-arriving aircraft	6.5%	35.6%	111
National Aviation System	7.8%	21.9%	134
Extreme weather	1.2%	5.4%	20
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,720 delay minutes on 16 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 2024?

88.1% of 118 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 94.5% of 128 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 88.1% and 0.8% in November 2024.

Provenance

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