Montrose Regional in November 2024

77.1%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 118 domestic departures from Montrose Regional (MTJ). 77.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.4% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so MTJ departures were 8.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 119 departures with 87.4% leaving on time: a change of −10.3 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at MTJ that month were on time 80.5% of the time (118 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 54%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 75.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.9%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	MTJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	77.1%	87.4%	77.2%	85.2%
Arrived on time	75.4%	89.1%	77.5%	84.8%
Cancelled	1.7%	0.8%	1.2%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.9 min	9.8 min	23.0 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	4	7	19,180
Scheduled departures	118	119	2,526	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	59	50%	72.9%	1.7 min	1.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	30	25%	83.3%	-5.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	29	25%	72.4%	20.9 min	3.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MTJ–DEN	Montrose/Delta to Denver	89	76.4%	-0.7 min	1.1%
MTJ–DFW	Montrose/Delta to Dallas/Fort Worth	29	72.4%	20.9 min	3.4%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	24.8%	36.9%	469
Late-arriving aircraft	54.4%	35.6%	1,031
National Aviation System	20.3%	21.9%	384
Extreme weather	0.5%	5.4%	10
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,894 delay minutes on 27 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 November 2024?

77.1% of 118 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 87.4% of 119 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 77.1% and 1.7% in November 2024.

Provenance

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