Montrose Regional in August 2024

87.1%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 249 domestic departures from Montrose Regional (MTJ). 87.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.7% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so MTJ departures were 11.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 217 departures with 75.1% leaving on time: a change of +12.0 points, with flights up 15%.

Flights arriving at MTJ that month were on time 83.1% of the time (249 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, national aviation system 27% and air carrier 22%.

On time 84.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.9%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	MTJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	87.1%	75.1%	77.2%	75.4%
Arrived on time	84.7%	72.8%	77.5%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.0%	1.2%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.8 min	32.4 min	23.0 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	7	7	20,634
Scheduled departures	249	217	2,526	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	93	37%	88.2%	-3.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	62	25%	79.0%	13.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	62	25%	80.6%	-2.6 min	1.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	32	13%	93.8%	-8.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MTJ–DEN	Montrose/Delta to Denver	124	86.3%	-5.2 min	0.8%
MTJ–DFW	Montrose/Delta to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	79.0%	13.2 min	0.0%
MTJ–IAH	Montrose/Delta to Houston	31	87.1%	-2.2 min	0.0%
MTJ–ORD	Montrose/Delta to Chicago	31	87.1%	-2.1 min	0.0%
MTJ–DAL	Montrose/Delta to Dallas	1	100.0%	-15.0 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	22.2%	33.8%	604
Late-arriving aircraft	45.5%	39.8%	1,237
National Aviation System	26.5%	20.4%	720
Extreme weather	5.7%	5.9%	155
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,716 delay minutes on 37 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 August 2024?

87.1% of 249 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 75.1% of 217 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 87.1% and 0.4% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.