Montrose Regional in March 2026

72.7%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 366 domestic departures from Montrose Regional (MTJ). 72.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.0% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so MTJ departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 353 departures with 77.6% leaving on time: a change of −4.9 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at MTJ that month were on time 71.7% of the time (367 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, national aviation system 19% and air carrier 19%.

On time 73.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.6%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	MTJ, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	72.7%	77.6%	77.2%	72.8%
Arrived on time	73.0%	79.3%	77.5%	73.2%
Cancelled	1.9%	0.6%	1.2%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	29.2 min	16.5 min	23.0 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	12	7	20,403
Scheduled departures	366	353	2,526	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
UA United Airlines	128	35%	71.9%	13.5 min	1.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	86	23%	79.1%	12.0 min	1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	17%	69.4%	31.7 min	3.2%
AA American Airlines	57	16%	70.2%	22.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	29	8%	72.4%	13.6 min	3.4%
MQ Envoy Air	4	1%	75.0%	-19.3 min	25.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MTJ–DEN	Montrose/Delta to Denver	151	80.1%	9.6 min	2.0%
MTJ–DFW	Montrose/Delta to Dallas/Fort Worth	61	70.5%	20.3 min	1.6%
MTJ–EWR	Montrose/Delta to Newark	31	51.6%	29.9 min	0.0%
MTJ–ORD	Montrose/Delta to Chicago	31	64.5%	69.8 min	6.5%
MTJ–ATL	Montrose/Delta to Atlanta	29	72.4%	13.6 min	3.4%
MTJ–LAX	Montrose/Delta to Los Angeles	22	68.2%	2.2 min	0.0%
MTJ–DAL	Montrose/Delta to Dallas	20	70.0%	14.2 min	0.0%
MTJ–SFO	Montrose/Delta to San Francisco	9	88.9%	-18.9 min	0.0%
MTJ–AUS	Montrose/Delta to Austin	4	75.0%	10.3 min	0.0%
MTJ–BNA	Montrose/Delta to Nashville	4	100.0%	0.5 min	0.0%
MTJ–IAH	Montrose/Delta to Houston	4	50.0%	11.0 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	19.1%	33.5%	1,908
Late-arriving aircraft	47.8%	39.3%	4,784
National Aviation System	19.3%	21.0%	1,928
Extreme weather	13.8%	5.9%	1,380
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

10,000 delay minutes on 90 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 2026?

72.7% of 366 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 77.6% of 353 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 72.7% and 1.9% in March 2026.

Provenance

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