Montrose Regional in January 2025

74.8%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 278 domestic departures from Montrose Regional (MTJ). 74.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.4% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so MTJ departures were 4.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 376 departures with 76.1% leaving on time: a change of −1.3 points, with flights down 26%.

Flights arriving at MTJ that month were on time 77.0% of the time (278 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 78.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MTJ in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	MTJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	74.8%	76.1%	77.2%	79.3%
Arrived on time	78.4%	78.2%	77.5%	78.6%
Cancelled	1.8%	1.1%	1.2%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.2 min	20.0 min	23.0 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	13	7	17,992
Scheduled departures	278	376	2,526	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	118	42%	78.0%	7.2 min	0.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	47	17%	74.5%	3.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	37	13%	78.4%	72.2 min	2.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	27	10%	74.1%	-1.1 min	7.4%
MQ Envoy Air	25	9%	84.0%	-5.5 min	4.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	24	9%	87.5%	-9.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MTJ–DEN	Montrose/Delta to Denver	134	77.6%	6.7 min	0.7%
MTJ–DFW	Montrose/Delta to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	80.6%	41.1 min	3.2%
MTJ–ATL	Montrose/Delta to Atlanta	27	74.1%	-1.1 min	7.4%
MTJ–EWR	Montrose/Delta to Newark	19	73.7%	4.1 min	0.0%
MTJ–SFO	Montrose/Delta to San Francisco	12	91.7%	-16.2 min	0.0%
MTJ–LAX	Montrose/Delta to Los Angeles	9	88.9%	-2.8 min	0.0%
MTJ–ORD	Montrose/Delta to Chicago	9	77.8%	-3.8 min	0.0%
MTJ–DAL	Montrose/Delta to Dallas	6	66.7%	7.0 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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	52.9%	36.2%	3,159
Late-arriving aircraft	34.9%	34.7%	2,087
National Aviation System	10.0%	19.9%	596
Extreme weather	2.2%	9.1%	130
Security	0.0%	0.2%	2

5,974 delay minutes on 55 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 January 2025?

74.8% of 278 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 76.1% of 376 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 74.8% and 1.8% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.