Montrose Regional in February 2024

74.7%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 356 domestic departures from Montrose Regional (MTJ). 74.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.9% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so MTJ departures were 9.3 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MTJ that month were on time 74.7% of the time (356 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 60%, national aviation system 20% and air carrier 18%.

On time 78.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.9%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	MTJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	74.7%	—	77.2%	84.0%
Arrived on time	78.9%	—	77.5%	83.4%
Cancelled	1.1%	—	1.2%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.4 min	—	23.0 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	—	7	17,307
Scheduled departures	356	—	2,526	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	103	29%	80.6%	1.1 min	1.9%
WN Southwest Airlines	95	27%	74.7%	12.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	81	23%	79.0%	2.4 min	2.5%
AA American Airlines	50	14%	76.0%	15.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	27	8%	92.6%	-9.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MTJ–DEN	Montrose/Delta to Denver	153	74.5%	13.0 min	2.0%
MTJ–DFW	Montrose/Delta to Dallas/Fort Worth	50	76.0%	15.5 min	0.0%
MTJ–DAL	Montrose/Delta to Dallas	29	79.3%	2.4 min	0.0%
MTJ–IAH	Montrose/Delta to Houston	29	82.8%	0.1 min	0.0%
MTJ–ORD	Montrose/Delta to Chicago	29	86.2%	-6.2 min	0.0%
MTJ–ATL	Montrose/Delta to Atlanta	27	92.6%	-9.1 min	0.0%
MTJ–EWR	Montrose/Delta to Newark	25	92.0%	-17.3 min	0.0%
MTJ–SFO	Montrose/Delta to San Francisco	8	37.5%	21.3 min	12.5%
MTJ–LAX	Montrose/Delta to Los Angeles	6	100.0%	-13.0 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	17.8%	35.9%	930
Late-arriving aircraft	60.3%	36.9%	3,158
National Aviation System	20.0%	21.7%	1,048
Extreme weather	1.5%	5.3%	80
Security	0.4%	0.3%	21

5,237 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 MTJ on time in February 2024?

74.7% of 356 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.