Missoula Montana in November 2024

90.0%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 289 domestic departures from Missoula Montana (MSO). 90.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.4% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so MSO departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 220 departures with 91.8% leaving on time: a change of −1.8 points, with flights up 31%.

Flights arriving at MSO that month were on time 85.1% of the time (289 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 54%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 82.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.3%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	MSO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	90.0%	91.8%	83.4%	85.2%
Arrived on time	82.4%	86.4%	82.1%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.0%	0.7%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.7 min	6.5 min	14.8 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	7	14	19,180
Scheduled departures	289	220	5,003	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	97	34%	79.4%	0.9 min	1.0%
UA United Airlines	59	20%	83.1%	-5.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	50	17%	90.0%	-6.5 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	29	10%	93.1%	-10.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	25	9%	84.0%	-1.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	23	8%	73.9%	48.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	4	1%	0.0%	78.5 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	2	1%	100.0%	-35.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSO–DEN	Missoula to Denver	90	76.7%	-0.3 min	1.1%
MSO–SLC	Missoula to Salt Lake City	88	88.6%	-6.3 min	0.0%
MSO–MSP	Missoula to Minneapolis	30	86.7%	-1.6 min	0.0%
MSO–DFW	Missoula to Dallas/Fort Worth	29	72.4%	9.2 min	0.0%
MSO–SEA	Missoula to Seattle	29	93.1%	-10.1 min	0.0%
MSO–AZA	Missoula to Phoenix	14	78.6%	12.1 min	0.0%
MSO–LAS	Missoula to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	104.4 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	53.9%	36.9%	1,819
Late-arriving aircraft	23.8%	35.6%	804
National Aviation System	16.2%	21.9%	547
Extreme weather	6.1%	5.4%	205
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,375 delay minutes on 50 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 November 2024?

90.0% of 289 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 91.8% of 220 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 90.0% and 0.3% in November 2024.

Provenance

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