Pellston Regional Emmet County in August 2025

80.2%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 126 domestic departures from Pellston Regional Emmet County (PLN). 80.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.2% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so PLN departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 116 departures with 84.5% leaving on time: a change of −4.3 points, with flights up 9%.

Flights arriving at PLN that month were on time 80.2% of the time (126 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 72.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.0%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from PLN 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	PLN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	80.2%	84.5%	71.5%	76.8%
Arrived on time	72.2%	82.8%	70.1%	76.3%
Cancelled	0.8%	0.0%	11.6%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	35.8 min	13.9 min	23.5 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	4	2	20,079
Scheduled departures	126	116	874	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	126	100%	72.2%	35.3 min	0.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PLN–ORD	Pellston to Chicago	64	57.8%	67.2 min	1.6%
PLN–DTW	Pellston to Detroit	62	87.1%	2.8 min	0.0%

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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	38.5%	33.1%	1,981
Late-arriving aircraft	45.6%	40.5%	2,349
National Aviation System	12.1%	19.2%	622
Extreme weather	3.8%	7.0%	194
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,146 delay minutes on 34 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 August 2025?

80.2% of 126 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.2% 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, 84.5% of 116 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 80.2% and 0.8% 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 PLN · methodology · corrections.