Montrose Regional in August 2023

75.1%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 217 domestic departures from Montrose Regional (MTJ). 75.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so MTJ departures were 1.6 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MTJ that month were on time 74.2% of the time (217 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 52%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 72.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.3%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.9%

Every scheduled departure from MTJ in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	MTJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	75.1%	—	77.2%	76.7%
Arrived on time	72.8%	—	77.5%	76.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	1.2%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	32.4 min	—	23.0 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	7	20,100
Scheduled departures	217	—	2,526	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	124	57%	77.4%	10.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	62	29%	67.7%	64.3 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	31	14%	64.5%	29.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MTJ–DEN	Montrose/Delta to Denver	124	71.0%	18.0 min	0.0%
MTJ–DFW	Montrose/Delta to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	67.7%	64.3 min	0.0%
MTJ–ORD	Montrose/Delta to Chicago	31	90.3%	1.1 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	51.8%	36.7%	3,735
Late-arriving aircraft	30.4%	42.2%	2,188
National Aviation System	17.8%	15.7%	1,286
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.1%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,209 delay minutes on 57 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 MTJ on time in August 2023?

75.1% of 217 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 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 August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MTJ · methodology · corrections.