Montrose Regional in December 2023

79.0%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 252 domestic departures from Montrose Regional (MTJ). 79.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.2% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so MTJ departures were 4.1 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MTJ that month were on time 80.2% of the time (252 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 46%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and extreme weather 9%.

On time 80.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.0%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	MTJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	79.0%	—	77.2%	83.1%
Arrived on time	80.2%	—	77.5%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.8%	—	1.2%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.3 min	—	23.0 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	7	19,013
Scheduled departures	252	—	2,526	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	80	32%	80.0%	12.7 min	2.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	70	28%	74.3%	4.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	44	17%	81.8%	-3.2 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	42	17%	83.3%	-1.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	16	6%	93.8%	-16.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MTJ–DEN	Montrose/Delta to Denver	141	80.9%	-0.1 min	0.7%
MTJ–DFW	Montrose/Delta to Dallas/Fort Worth	42	83.3%	-1.2 min	0.0%
MTJ–ATL	Montrose/Delta to Atlanta	16	93.8%	-16.0 min	0.0%
MTJ–EWR	Montrose/Delta to Newark	11	90.9%	-6.4 min	0.0%
MTJ–IAH	Montrose/Delta to Houston	11	54.5%	32.6 min	9.1%
MTJ–ORD	Montrose/Delta to Chicago	11	63.6%	5.3 min	0.0%
MTJ–SFO	Montrose/Delta to San Francisco	11	72.7%	84.6 min	0.0%
MTJ–LAX	Montrose/Delta to Los Angeles	6	83.3%	-11.5 min	0.0%
MTJ–DAL	Montrose/Delta to Dallas	3	66.7%	11.7 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	45.8%	37.1%	1,536
Late-arriving aircraft	38.1%	38.8%	1,278
National Aviation System	6.2%	17.6%	208
Extreme weather	9.4%	6.2%	317
Security	0.5%	0.3%	18

3,357 delay minutes on 48 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 December 2023?

79.0% of 252 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.