Montrose Regional in December 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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 248 domestic departures from Montrose Regional (MTJ). 74.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.8% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so MTJ departures were 3.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 252 departures with 79.0% leaving on time: a change of −4.8 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at MTJ that month were on time 74.2% of the time (248 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 25% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 75.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.8%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	MTJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	74.2%	79.0%	77.2%	77.8%
Arrived on time	75.8%	80.2%	77.5%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.8%	1.2%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.2 min	15.3 min	23.0 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	8	7	19,686
Scheduled departures	248	252	2,526	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	99	40%	79.8%	-1.0 min	1.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	55	22%	69.1%	13.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	42	17%	78.6%	1.3 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	41	17%	75.6%	40.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	11	4%	63.6%	22.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MTJ–DEN	Montrose/Delta to Denver	137	82.5%	-1.6 min	0.7%
MTJ–DFW	Montrose/Delta to Dallas/Fort Worth	41	75.6%	40.9 min	0.0%
MTJ–LAX	Montrose/Delta to Los Angeles	14	64.3%	16.4 min	0.0%
MTJ–EWR	Montrose/Delta to Newark	12	41.7%	29.5 min	0.0%
MTJ–ORD	Montrose/Delta to Chicago	12	83.3%	-1.9 min	0.0%
MTJ–SFO	Montrose/Delta to San Francisco	12	91.7%	-9.0 min	0.0%
MTJ–ATL	Montrose/Delta to Atlanta	11	63.6%	22.6 min	0.0%
MTJ–DAL	Montrose/Delta to Dallas	9	22.2%	49.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	24.5%	34.3%	1,243
Late-arriving aircraft	52.1%	40.2%	2,638
National Aviation System	20.3%	17.8%	1,029
Extreme weather	3.0%	7.5%	154
Security	0.0%	0.2%	1

5,065 delay minutes on 59 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 December 2024?

74.2% of 248 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 79.0% of 252 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 74.2% and 0.4% in December 2024.

Provenance

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