Pellston Regional Emmet County in July 2025

67.5%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 126 domestic departures from Pellston Regional Emmet County (PLN). 67.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 56.3% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so PLN departures were 2.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 114 departures with 75.4% leaving on time: a change of −7.9 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at PLN that month were on time 69.0% of the time (126 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, national aviation system 30% and late-arriving aircraft 15%.

On time 56.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 40.5%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 2.4%

Every scheduled departure from PLN 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	PLN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	67.5%	75.4%	71.5%	69.7%
Arrived on time	56.3%	78.1%	70.1%	69.0%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.9%	11.6%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.9 min	16.7 min	23.5 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	4	2	21,048
Scheduled departures	126	114	874	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	126	100%	56.3%	27.3 min	0.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PLN–ORD	Pellston to Chicago	64	37.5%	48.4 min	0.0%
PLN–DTW	Pellston to Detroit	62	75.8%	5.5 min	1.6%

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	52.6%	31.1%	2,158
Late-arriving aircraft	14.5%	40.8%	593
National Aviation System	30.0%	20.7%	1,232
Extreme weather	2.9%	7.3%	119
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,102 delay minutes on 51 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 PLN on time in July 2025?

67.5% of 126 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 56.3% 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, 75.4% of 114 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 67.5% and 0.8% 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 PLN · methodology · corrections.