Montrose Regional in July 2025

63.3%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 199 domestic departures from Montrose Regional (MTJ). 63.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 58.8% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so MTJ departures were 6.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 251 departures with 73.3% leaving on time: a change of −10.0 points, with flights down 21%.

Flights arriving at MTJ that month were on time 66.3% of the time (199 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, national aviation system 33% and late-arriving aircraft 32%.

On time 58.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 38.7%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 1.0%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	MTJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	63.3%	73.3%	77.2%	69.7%
Arrived on time	58.8%	73.3%	77.5%	69.0%
Cancelled	1.5%	2.0%	1.2%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	49.7 min	21.6 min	23.0 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	8	7	21,048
Scheduled departures	199	251	2,526	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	62	31%	54.8%	84.9 min	3.2%
UA United Airlines	62	31%	59.7%	37.4 min	1.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	40	20%	67.5%	16.5 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	35	18%	54.3%	44.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MTJ–DEN	Montrose/Delta to Denver	124	58.9%	34.9 min	0.8%
MTJ–DFW	Montrose/Delta to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	54.8%	84.9 min	3.2%
MTJ–ORD	Montrose/Delta to Chicago	9	77.8%	21.6 min	0.0%
MTJ–DAL	Montrose/Delta to Dallas	4	75.0%	10.8 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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	35.0%	31.1%	3,525
Late-arriving aircraft	31.5%	40.8%	3,168
National Aviation System	33.0%	20.7%	3,324
Extreme weather	0.0%	7.3%	5
Security	0.4%	0.1%	37

10,059 delay minutes on 77 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 July 2025?

63.3% of 199 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 58.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 73.3% of 251 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 63.3% and 1.5% in July 2025.

Provenance

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