Monterey Regional in May 2026

78.5%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 381 domestic departures from Monterey Regional (MRY). 78.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.9% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so MRY departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 398 departures with 83.2% leaving on time: a change of −4.7 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at MRY that month were on time 80.5% of the time (380 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, national aviation system 30% and late-arriving aircraft 15%.

On time 76.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.6%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	MRY, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	78.5%	83.2%	82.0%	77.1%
Arrived on time	76.9%	81.4%	79.8%	77.6%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.3%	1.0%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.8 min	13.0 min	16.7 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	13	13	20,391
Scheduled departures	381	398	4,686	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	262	69%	74.4%	16.4 min	0.4%
UA United Airlines	44	12%	93.2%	0.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	42	11%	83.3%	-1.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	25	7%	72.0%	51.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	8	2%	50.0%	23.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MRY–PHX	Monterey to Phoenix	109	83.5%	25.3 min	0.0%
MRY–SFO	Monterey to San Francisco	71	36.6%	42.7 min	1.4%
MRY–DEN	Monterey to Denver	62	96.8%	-12.5 min	0.0%
MRY–LAX	Monterey to Los Angeles	62	90.3%	-4.2 min	0.0%
MRY–DFW	Monterey to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	77.4%	30.3 min	0.0%
MRY–SAN	Monterey to San Diego	24	87.5%	-1.4 min	0.0%
MRY–SEA	Monterey to Seattle	12	75.0%	-2.9 min	0.0%
MRY–LAS	Monterey to Las Vegas	8	50.0%	23.8 min	0.0%
MRY–ORD	Monterey to Chicago	2	100.0%	-17.0 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	49.9%	33.0%	4,420
Late-arriving aircraft	14.6%	40.4%	1,295
National Aviation System	30.4%	20.5%	2,691
Extreme weather	5.1%	6.0%	453
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,859 delay minutes on 86 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 May 2026?

78.5% of 381 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 83.2% of 398 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 78.5% and 0.3% in May 2026.

Provenance

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