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Airport month · December 2024
Missoula Montana in December 2024
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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 303 domestic departures from Missoula Montana (MSO). 83.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.5% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so MSO departures were 5.4 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 253 departures with 78.7% leaving on time: a change of +4.5 points, with flights up 20%.
Flights arriving at MSO that month were on time 82.2% of the time (303 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 31%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and extreme weather 29%.
- On time 83.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.5%
- Cancelled 1.0%
- Diverted 0.0%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | MSO, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 83.2% | 78.7% | 83.4% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 83.5% | 76.3% | 82.1% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 1.0% | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 18.0 min | 44.3 min | 14.8 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 10 | 8 | 14 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 303 | 253 | 5,003 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 103 | 34% | 87.4% | 1.1 min | 1.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 62 | 20% | 87.1% | 22.6 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 49 | 16% | 79.6% | 15.1 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 35 | 12% | 68.6% | 17.5 min | 2.9% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 24 | 8% | 87.5% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 18 | 6% | 88.9% | -3.8 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 12 | 4% | 75.0% | -3.1 min | 8.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSO–DEN | Missoula to Denver | 93 | 87.1% | 12.9 min | 0.0% |
| MSO–SLC | Missoula to Salt Lake City | 90 | 83.3% | 11.2 min | 1.1% |
| MSO–MSP | Missoula to Minneapolis | 31 | 87.1% | 1.9 min | 0.0% |
| MSO–DFW | Missoula to Dallas/Fort Worth | 30 | 83.3% | -3.6 min | 3.3% |
| MSO–SEA | Missoula to Seattle | 24 | 87.5% | -2.2 min | 0.0% |
| MSO–AZA | Missoula to Phoenix | 20 | 65.0% | 28.7 min | 5.0% |
| MSO–LAS | Missoula to Las Vegas | 15 | 73.3% | 3.2 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MSO on time in December 2024?
83.2% of 303 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 78.7% of 253 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 83.2% and 1.0% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.