Missoula Montana in February 2024

87.8%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 213 domestic departures from Missoula Montana (MSO). 87.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.9% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so MSO departures were 3.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MSO that month were on time 86.9% of the time (213 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 31%, air carrier 31% and late-arriving aircraft 24%.

On time 85.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MSO in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	MSO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	87.8%	—	83.4%	84.0%
Arrived on time	85.9%	—	82.1%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	0.7%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.5 min	—	14.8 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	14	17,307
Scheduled departures	213	—	5,003	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	80	38%	93.8%	-8.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	58	27%	74.1%	9.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	29	14%	86.2%	-6.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	29	14%	93.1%	-5.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	17	8%	76.5%	10.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSO–SLC	Missoula to Salt Lake City	80	93.8%	-8.6 min	0.0%
MSO–DEN	Missoula to Denver	58	74.1%	9.9 min	0.0%
MSO–DFW	Missoula to Dallas/Fort Worth	29	93.1%	-5.6 min	0.0%
MSO–MSP	Missoula to Minneapolis	29	86.2%	-6.4 min	0.0%
MSO–AZA	Missoula to Phoenix	9	77.8%	21.2 min	0.0%
MSO–LAS	Missoula to Las Vegas	8	75.0%	-1.7 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.9%	35.9%	580
Late-arriving aircraft	23.9%	36.9%	449
National Aviation System	31.0%	21.7%	582
Extreme weather	14.1%	5.3%	264
Security	0.1%	0.3%	1

1,876 delay minutes on 30 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 MSO on time in February 2024?

87.8% of 213 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

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