Montrose Regional in October 2023

83.1%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 124 domestic departures from Montrose Regional (MTJ). 83.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.3% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so MTJ departures were 0.7 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MTJ that month were on time 84.7% of the time (124 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 60%, air carrier 24% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 86.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.9%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	MTJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	83.1%	—	77.2%	83.8%
Arrived on time	86.3%	—	77.5%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	1.2%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.3 min	—	23.0 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	—	7	19,966
Scheduled departures	124	—	2,526	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	50%	85.5%	-1.4 min	1.6%
AA American Airlines	31	25%	93.5%	-5.7 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	31	25%	80.6%	0.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MTJ–DEN	Montrose/Delta to Denver	93	83.9%	-0.8 min	1.1%
MTJ–DFW	Montrose/Delta to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	93.5%	-5.7 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	24.4%	41.3%	209
Late-arriving aircraft	59.9%	40.5%	514
National Aviation System	15.7%	14.4%	135
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.7%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

858 delay minutes on 16 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 October 2023?

83.1% of 124 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.