Montrose Regional in February 2026

69.1%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 285 domestic departures from Montrose Regional (MTJ). 69.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.9% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so MTJ departures were 9.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 269 departures with 79.9% leaving on time: a change of −10.8 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at MTJ that month were on time 67.0% of the time (285 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 66%, national aviation system 23% and air carrier 12%.

On time 70.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.4%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MTJ in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	MTJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	69.1%	79.9%	77.2%	78.1%
Arrived on time	70.9%	81.0%	77.5%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.4%	1.2%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.5 min	20.8 min	23.0 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	9	7	17,168
Scheduled departures	285	269	2,526	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	106	37%	67.0%	23.7 min	1.9%
AA American Airlines	54	19%	68.5%	22.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	48	17%	72.9%	7.7 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	46	16%	73.9%	6.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	28	10%	82.1%	7.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	3	1%	66.7%	-2.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MTJ–DEN	Montrose/Delta to Denver	126	71.4%	15.1 min	0.0%
MTJ–DFW	Montrose/Delta to Dallas/Fort Worth	57	68.4%	20.8 min	0.0%
MTJ–ATL	Montrose/Delta to Atlanta	28	82.1%	7.9 min	0.0%
MTJ–LAX	Montrose/Delta to Los Angeles	20	85.0%	1.8 min	0.0%
MTJ–ORD	Montrose/Delta to Chicago	20	60.0%	20.2 min	0.0%
MTJ–EWR	Montrose/Delta to Newark	18	50.0%	46.9 min	11.1%
MTJ–SFO	Montrose/Delta to San Francisco	8	75.0%	-9.0 min	0.0%
MTJ–DAL	Montrose/Delta to Dallas	4	75.0%	22.5 min	0.0%
MTJ–IAH	Montrose/Delta to Houston	4	75.0%	9.8 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	11.8%	38.2%	885
Late-arriving aircraft	65.6%	37.2%	4,897
National Aviation System	22.6%	18.5%	1,685
Extreme weather	0.0%	6.0%	3
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,470 delay minutes on 81 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 February 2026?

69.1% of 285 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 79.9% of 269 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 69.1% and 0.7% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.