Monterey Regional in January 2026

87.9%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 338 domestic departures from Monterey Regional (MRY). 87.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.1% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so MRY departures were 12.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 387 departures with 88.6% leaving on time: a change of −0.7 points, with flights down 13%.

Flights arriving at MRY that month were on time 81.7% of the time (339 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 86.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.7%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MRY in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	MRY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	87.9%	88.6%	82.0%	75.6%
Arrived on time	86.1%	86.8%	79.8%	75.3%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.8%	1.0%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.8 min	8.0 min	16.7 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	13	13	18,133
Scheduled departures	338	387	4,686	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	272	80%	87.5%	-1.1 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	57	17%	78.9%	15.1 min	5.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	3%	88.9%	-17.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MRY–PHX	Monterey to Phoenix	126	82.5%	15.5 min	2.4%
MRY–DEN	Monterey to Denver	62	98.4%	-18.8 min	0.0%
MRY–LAX	Monterey to Los Angeles	62	80.6%	3.9 min	0.0%
MRY–SFO	Monterey to San Francisco	48	87.5%	-10.5 min	0.0%
MRY–SEA	Monterey to Seattle	14	92.9%	-6.3 min	0.0%
MRY–SAN	Monterey to San Diego	12	75.0%	12.6 min	8.3%
MRY–LAS	Monterey to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	-17.6 min	0.0%
MRY–DFW	Monterey to Dallas/Fort Worth	5	80.0%	-3.8 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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	56.5%	37.3%	2,384
Late-arriving aircraft	34.7%	35.0%	1,466
National Aviation System	7.5%	18.0%	315
Extreme weather	1.4%	9.6%	58
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,223 delay minutes on 43 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 January 2026?

87.9% of 338 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 88.6% of 387 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 87.9% and 1.2% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.