Monterey Regional in March 2026

86.5%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 364 domestic departures from Monterey Regional (MRY). 86.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.8% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so MRY departures were 13.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 453 departures with 85.4% leaving on time: a change of +1.1 points, with flights down 20%.

Flights arriving at MRY that month were on time 85.2% of the time (366 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 59%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 83.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.1%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	MRY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	86.5%	85.4%	82.0%	72.8%
Arrived on time	83.8%	84.1%	79.8%	73.2%
Cancelled	0.8%	1.1%	1.0%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.9 min	12.4 min	16.7 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	15	13	20,403
Scheduled departures	364	453	4,686	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	333	91%	85.0%	2.6 min	0.9%
MQ Envoy Air	22	6%	72.7%	3.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	2%	66.7%	-5.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MRY–PHX	Monterey to Phoenix	122	82.0%	11.5 min	0.0%
MRY–LAX	Monterey to Los Angeles	66	87.9%	0.4 min	0.0%
MRY–DEN	Monterey to Denver	63	92.1%	-8.9 min	1.6%
MRY–SAN	Monterey to San Diego	44	77.3%	5.4 min	4.5%
MRY–SFO	Monterey to San Francisco	38	86.8%	-6.7 min	0.0%
MRY–DFW	Monterey to Dallas/Fort Worth	22	72.7%	3.4 min	0.0%
MRY–LAS	Monterey to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	-5.1 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	58.6%	33.5%	2,399
Late-arriving aircraft	26.1%	39.3%	1,066
National Aviation System	11.1%	21.0%	456
Extreme weather	4.2%	5.9%	171
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,092 delay minutes on 55 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 March 2026?

86.5% of 364 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 85.4% of 453 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 86.5% and 0.8% in March 2026.

Provenance

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