Missoula Montana in March 2024

89.1%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 247 domestic departures from Missoula Montana (MSO). 89.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so MSO departures were 10.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MSO that month were on time 84.6% of the time (247 scheduled arrivals).

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

On time 86.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2024	Year earlier	MSO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time	89.1%	—	83.4%	78.5%
Arrived on time	86.6%	—	82.1%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	0.7%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.4 min	—	14.8 min	15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	14	19,726
Scheduled departures	247	—	5,003	591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	81	33%	92.6%	-0.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	62	25%	80.6%	-1.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	53	21%	94.3%	-3.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	31	13%	74.2%	7.3 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	20	8%	80.0%	14.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSO–SLC	Missoula to Salt Lake City	88	94.3%	-3.1 min	0.0%
MSO–DEN	Missoula to Denver	62	80.6%	-1.5 min	0.0%
MSO–DFW	Missoula to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	74.2%	7.3 min	0.0%
MSO–MSP	Missoula to Minneapolis	31	93.5%	-5.5 min	0.0%
MSO–PDX	Missoula to Portland	15	86.7%	14.9 min	0.0%
MSO–AZA	Missoula to Phoenix	11	100.0%	-11.6 min	0.0%
MSO–LAS	Missoula to Las Vegas	9	55.6%	45.4 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.4%	32.1%	692
Late-arriving aircraft	31.4%	42.1%	691
National Aviation System	30.7%	21.4%	676
Extreme weather	6.5%	4.2%	143
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,202 delay minutes on 33 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 March 2024?

89.1% of 247 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.