Helena Regional in February 2025

77.4%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 124 domestic departures from Helena Regional (HLN). 77.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.2% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so HLN departures were 1.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 145 departures with 89.7% leaving on time: a change of −12.3 points, with flights down 14%.

Flights arriving at HLN that month were on time 77.4% of the time (124 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 41% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 74.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.0%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from HLN in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	HLN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	77.4%	89.7%	89.3%	79.2%
Arrived on time	74.2%	81.4%	87.5%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.7%	0.4%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.2 min	10.2 min	11.4 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	5	4	16,830
Scheduled departures	124	145	1,549	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	124	100%	74.2%	10.3 min	0.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
HLN–DEN	Helena to Denver	56	58.9%	25.9 min	1.8%
HLN–SLC	Helena to Salt Lake City	56	94.6%	-8.7 min	0.0%
HLN–SEA	Helena to Seattle	12	50.0%	27.3 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	44.7%	33.9%	1,006
Late-arriving aircraft	40.5%	36.9%	912
National Aviation System	9.6%	22.5%	217
Extreme weather	5.2%	6.6%	117
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,252 delay minutes on 31 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 2025?

77.4% of 124 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 89.7% of 145 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 77.4% and 0.8% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.