Montrose Regional in September 2024

88.7%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 195 domestic departures from Montrose Regional (MTJ). 88.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.2% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so MTJ departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 181 departures with 79.0% leaving on time: a change of +9.7 points, with flights up 8%.

Flights arriving at MTJ that month were on time 87.7% of the time (195 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 56%, late-arriving aircraft 37% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 89.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.8%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	MTJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	88.7%	79.0%	77.2%	84.4%
Arrived on time	89.2%	77.9%	77.5%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	1.2%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.3 min	14.4 min	23.0 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	6	7	19,421
Scheduled departures	195	181	2,526	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	60	31%	86.7%	24.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	60	31%	88.3%	-11.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	45	23%	93.3%	-14.4 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	30	15%	90.0%	-7.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MTJ–DEN	Montrose/Delta to Denver	115	90.4%	-11.2 min	0.0%
MTJ–DFW	Montrose/Delta to Dallas/Fort Worth	60	86.7%	24.6 min	0.0%
MTJ–ORD	Montrose/Delta to Chicago	18	94.4%	-20.3 min	0.0%
MTJ–IAH	Montrose/Delta to Houston	2	50.0%	53.0 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	55.5%	38.6%	1,445
Late-arriving aircraft	36.9%	38.4%	962
National Aviation System	7.6%	18.2%	198
Extreme weather	0.0%	4.8%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,605 delay minutes on 21 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 September 2024?

88.7% of 195 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 79.0% of 181 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 88.7% and 0.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

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