Montrose Regional in August 2025

70.7%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 184 domestic departures from Montrose Regional (MTJ). 70.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 65.2% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so MTJ departures were 6.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 249 departures with 87.1% leaving on time: a change of −16.4 points, with flights down 26%.

Flights arriving at MTJ that month were on time 71.2% of the time (184 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 43%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and air carrier 28%.

On time 65.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 31.0%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 2.2%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	MTJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	70.7%	87.1%	77.2%	76.8%
Arrived on time	65.2%	84.7%	77.5%	76.3%
Cancelled	1.6%	0.4%	1.2%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.4 min	10.8 min	23.0 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	8	7	20,079
Scheduled departures	184	249	2,526	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	75	41%	62.7%	20.7 min	1.3%
AA American Airlines	58	32%	65.5%	13.7 min	1.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	27	15%	70.4%	2.6 min	3.7%
WN Southwest Airlines	24	13%	66.7%	18.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MTJ–DEN	Montrose/Delta to Denver	116	63.8%	18.3 min	1.7%
MTJ–DFW	Montrose/Delta to Dallas/Fort Worth	58	65.5%	13.7 min	1.7%
MTJ–ORD	Montrose/Delta to Chicago	9	77.8%	-2.2 min	0.0%
MTJ–DAL	Montrose/Delta to Dallas	1	100.0%	-16.0 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	27.6%	33.1%	1,047
Late-arriving aircraft	27.7%	40.5%	1,051
National Aviation System	43.3%	19.2%	1,645
Extreme weather	1.5%	7.0%	56
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,799 delay minutes on 57 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 August 2025?

70.7% of 184 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 65.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 87.1% of 249 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 70.7% and 1.6% in August 2025.

Provenance

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