Monterey Regional in December 2024

78.4%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 408 domestic departures from Monterey Regional (MRY). 78.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.7% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so MRY departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 324 departures with 88.6% leaving on time: a change of −10.2 points, with flights up 26%.

Flights arriving at MRY that month were on time 77.1% of the time (407 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 56%, late-arriving aircraft 21% and extreme weather 17%.

On time 75.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.5%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from MRY in December 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	MRY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	78.4%	88.6%	82.0%	77.8%
Arrived on time	75.7%	86.7%	79.8%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.5%	0.3%	1.0%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.0 min	10.9 min	16.7 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	11	13	19,686
Scheduled departures	408	324	4,686	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	317	78%	75.1%	12.3 min	1.9%
MQ Envoy Air	55	13%	87.3%	8.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	26	6%	69.2%	62.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	10	2%	50.0%	119.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MRY–PHX	Monterey to Phoenix	136	81.6%	11.7 min	1.5%
MRY–DEN	Monterey to Denver	62	85.5%	0.5 min	0.0%
MRY–LAX	Monterey to Los Angeles	61	88.5%	-1.7 min	0.0%
MRY–SFO	Monterey to San Francisco	61	67.2%	24.0 min	3.3%
MRY–SAN	Monterey to San Diego	54	53.7%	25.8 min	3.7%
MRY–DFW	Monterey to Dallas/Fort Worth	24	66.7%	69.2 min	0.0%
MRY–LAS	Monterey to Las Vegas	10	50.0%	119.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	55.7%	34.3%	5,504
Late-arriving aircraft	20.5%	40.2%	2,031
National Aviation System	6.5%	17.8%	646
Extreme weather	17.2%	7.5%	1,704
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

9,885 delay minutes on 92 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 MRY on time in December 2024?

78.4% of 408 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 88.6% of 324 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 78.4% and 1.5% in December 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MRY · methodology · corrections.