Montrose Regional in January 2024

76.1%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 376 domestic departures from Montrose Regional (MTJ). 76.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.2% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so MTJ departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MTJ that month were on time 73.1% of the time (376 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 78.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.7%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MTJ in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	MTJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	76.1%	—	77.2%	74.0%
Arrived on time	78.2%	—	77.5%	72.9%
Cancelled	1.1%	—	1.2%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.0 min	—	23.0 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	13	—	7	18,242
Scheduled departures	376	—	2,526	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	109	29%	76.1%	15.7 min	1.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	100	27%	78.0%	7.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	86	23%	80.2%	-6.3 min	2.3%
AA American Airlines	54	14%	72.2%	36.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	27	7%	92.6%	3.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MTJ–DEN	Montrose/Delta to Denver	167	81.4%	2.5 min	0.6%
MTJ–DFW	Montrose/Delta to Dallas/Fort Worth	54	72.2%	36.9 min	0.0%
MTJ–ORD	Montrose/Delta to Chicago	31	64.5%	29.1 min	3.2%
MTJ–IAH	Montrose/Delta to Houston	30	73.3%	26.0 min	3.3%
MTJ–ATL	Montrose/Delta to Atlanta	27	92.6%	3.9 min	0.0%
MTJ–DAL	Montrose/Delta to Dallas	25	76.0%	9.6 min	0.0%
MTJ–EWR	Montrose/Delta to Newark	23	73.9%	-12.8 min	4.3%
MTJ–SFO	Montrose/Delta to San Francisco	14	85.7%	-13.4 min	0.0%
MTJ–LAX	Montrose/Delta to Los Angeles	5	80.0%	24.2 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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	32.4%	32.6%	2,275
Late-arriving aircraft	49.9%	39.0%	3,507
National Aviation System	15.1%	17.9%	1,059
Extreme weather	2.3%	10.3%	159
Security	0.3%	0.2%	24

7,024 delay minutes on 78 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 January 2024?

76.1% of 376 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.