Montrose Regional in October 2025

79.1%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 153 domestic departures from Montrose Regional (MTJ). 79.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.8% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so MTJ departures were 0.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 130 departures with 93.1% leaving on time: a change of −14.0 points, with flights up 18%.

Flights arriving at MTJ that month were on time 79.2% of the time (154 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 60%, national aviation system 20% and air carrier 19%.

On time 77.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.6%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	MTJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	79.1%	93.1%	77.2%	80.0%
Arrived on time	77.8%	96.2%	77.5%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.0%	1.2%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.2 min	3.0 min	23.0 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	4	7	20,195
Scheduled departures	153	130	2,526	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	87	57%	78.2%	16.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	31	20%	77.4%	0.8 min	3.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	30	20%	73.3%	-3.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	5	3%	100.0%	-15.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MTJ–DEN	Montrose/Delta to Denver	117	76.9%	11.7 min	0.0%
MTJ–DFW	Montrose/Delta to Dallas/Fort Worth	36	80.6%	-1.5 min	2.8%

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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	19.1%	34.0%	543
Late-arriving aircraft	60.3%	39.7%	1,710
National Aviation System	20.2%	22.9%	574
Extreme weather	0.4%	3.3%	10
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,837 delay minutes on 33 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 October 2025?

79.1% of 153 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 93.1% of 130 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 79.1% and 0.7% in October 2025.

Provenance

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