Montrose Regional in March 2025

77.6%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 353 domestic departures from Montrose Regional (MTJ). 77.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.3% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so MTJ departures were 2.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 389 departures with 80.2% leaving on time: a change of −2.6 points, with flights down 9%.

Flights arriving at MTJ that month were on time 83.6% of the time (353 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 79.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.8%
Cancelled 0.6%
Diverted 0.3%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	MTJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	77.6%	80.2%	77.2%	79.9%
Arrived on time	79.3%	77.9%	77.5%	79.3%
Cancelled	0.6%	1.0%	1.2%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.5 min	13.6 min	23.0 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	13	7	20,029
Scheduled departures	353	389	2,526	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	96	27%	80.2%	3.4 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	89	25%	80.9%	-0.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	71	20%	76.1%	26.1 min	1.4%
MQ Envoy Air	36	10%	69.4%	11.0 min	2.8%
AA American Airlines	31	9%	77.4%	8.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	30	8%	93.3%	-15.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MTJ–DEN	Montrose/Delta to Denver	155	82.6%	1.0 min	0.6%
MTJ–DFW	Montrose/Delta to Dallas/Fort Worth	67	73.1%	9.9 min	1.5%
MTJ–ATL	Montrose/Delta to Atlanta	30	93.3%	-15.2 min	0.0%
MTJ–EWR	Montrose/Delta to Newark	29	62.1%	22.0 min	0.0%
MTJ–ORD	Montrose/Delta to Chicago	29	79.3%	10.4 min	0.0%
MTJ–DAL	Montrose/Delta to Dallas	21	76.2%	5.1 min	0.0%
MTJ–LAX	Montrose/Delta to Los Angeles	9	100.0%	-19.9 min	0.0%
MTJ–SFO	Montrose/Delta to San Francisco	9	66.7%	122.3 min	0.0%
MTJ–AUS	Montrose/Delta to Austin	4	75.0%	-0.2 min	0.0%

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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	37.5%	33.0%	2,047
Late-arriving aircraft	34.4%	39.2%	1,879
National Aviation System	20.0%	21.9%	1,094
Extreme weather	8.0%	5.9%	439
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,459 delay minutes on 70 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 March 2025?

77.6% of 353 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 80.2% of 389 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 77.6% and 0.6% in March 2025.

Provenance

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