Missoula Montana in October 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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 319 domestic departures from Missoula Montana (MSO). 87.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so MSO departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 276 departures with 89.5% leaving on time: a change of −1.7 points, with flights up 16%.

Flights arriving at MSO that month were on time 89.3% of the time (319 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 85.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.0%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	MSO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	87.8%	89.5%	83.4%	85.5%
Arrived on time	85.0%	84.1%	82.1%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	0.7%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.9 min	7.9 min	14.8 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	9	14	20,517
Scheduled departures	319	276	5,003	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	88	28%	89.8%	5.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	72	23%	88.9%	-3.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	56	18%	89.3%	1.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	31	10%	83.9%	0.2 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	10%	64.5%	17.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	8%	70.4%	12.4 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	8	3%	100.0%	-9.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	6	2%	83.3%	-3.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSO–DEN	Missoula to Denver	101	91.1%	3.1 min	0.0%
MSO–SLC	Missoula to Salt Lake City	92	87.0%	-1.5 min	0.0%
MSO–DFW	Missoula to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	83.9%	0.2 min	0.0%
MSO–MSP	Missoula to Minneapolis	31	93.5%	0.7 min	0.0%
MSO–SEA	Missoula to Seattle	31	64.5%	17.5 min	0.0%
MSO–LAS	Missoula to Las Vegas	14	57.1%	21.3 min	0.0%
MSO–AZA	Missoula to Phoenix	13	84.6%	2.9 min	0.0%
MSO–ORD	Missoula to Chicago	6	83.3%	-3.5 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	47.2%	42.7%	1,665
Late-arriving aircraft	32.5%	37.4%	1,145
National Aviation System	11.6%	16.3%	409
Extreme weather	1.4%	3.4%	51
Security	7.3%	0.2%	258

3,528 delay minutes on 48 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 October 2024?

87.8% of 319 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 89.5% of 276 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 87.8% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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