Missoula Montana in February 2025

81.3%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 256 domestic departures from Missoula Montana (MSO). 81.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.5% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so MSO departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 213 departures with 87.8% leaving on time: a change of −6.5 points, with flights up 20%.

Flights arriving at MSO that month were on time 81.6% of the time (256 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 32%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 28%.

On time 71.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.7%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MSO in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	MSO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	81.3%	87.8%	83.4%	79.2%
Arrived on time	71.5%	85.9%	82.1%	77.9%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.0%	0.7%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.3 min	8.5 min	14.8 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	7	14	16,830
Scheduled departures	256	213	5,003	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	72	28%	86.1%	-0.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	56	22%	69.6%	8.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	56	22%	62.5%	23.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	28	11%	82.1%	-6.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	26	10%	53.8%	25.1 min	7.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	7%	55.6%	40.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MSO–DEN	Missoula to Denver	78	66.7%	20.1 min	0.0%
MSO–SLC	Missoula to Salt Lake City	78	78.2%	3.8 min	0.0%
MSO–DFW	Missoula to Dallas/Fort Worth	28	82.1%	-6.1 min	0.0%
MSO–MSP	Missoula to Minneapolis	28	82.1%	-4.9 min	0.0%
MSO–SEA	Missoula to Seattle	26	53.8%	25.1 min	7.7%
MSO–AZA	Missoula to Phoenix	10	40.0%	62.3 min	0.0%
MSO–LAS	Missoula to Las Vegas	8	75.0%	13.3 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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	31.7%	33.9%	1,513
Late-arriving aircraft	28.0%	36.9%	1,338
National Aviation System	28.0%	22.5%	1,337
Extreme weather	12.3%	6.6%	590
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,778 delay minutes on 71 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 2025?

81.3% of 256 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 87.8% of 213 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 81.3% and 0.8% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.