Montrose Regional in May 2024

74.2%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 151 domestic departures from Montrose Regional (MTJ). 74.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.2% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so MTJ departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MTJ that month were on time 70.9% of the time (151 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, national aviation system 29% and extreme weather 12%.

On time 74.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.8%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	MTJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	74.2%	—	77.2%	73.4%
Arrived on time	74.2%	—	77.5%	72.3%
Cancelled	2.0%	—	1.2%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.8 min	—	23.0 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	—	7	20,325
Scheduled departures	151	—	2,526	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	62	41%	79.0%	0.2 min	1.6%
MQ Envoy Air	31	21%	61.3%	26.3 min	3.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	31	21%	80.6%	1.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	27	18%	70.4%	18.2 min	3.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MTJ–DEN	Montrose/Delta to Denver	102	80.4%	-0.2 min	1.0%
MTJ–DFW	Montrose/Delta to Dallas/Fort Worth	31	61.3%	26.3 min	3.2%
MTJ–IAH	Montrose/Delta to Houston	9	55.6%	45.5 min	11.1%
MTJ–ORD	Montrose/Delta to Chicago	9	66.7%	20.2 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	6.7%	29.8%	191
Late-arriving aircraft	52.8%	43.0%	1,497
National Aviation System	28.6%	20.1%	810
Extreme weather	11.9%	7.0%	339
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,837 delay minutes on 36 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 May 2024?

74.2% of 151 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.