Pellston Regional Emmet County in July 2026

79.8%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 114 domestic departures from Pellston Regional Emmet County (PLN). 79.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.3% reached their destination on time; 3.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.8% of flights departed on time and 69.4% arrived on time, so PLN departures were 11.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2025, the airport had 126 departures with 67.5% leaving on time: a change of +12.3 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at PLN that month were on time 71.9% of the time (114 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 65%, national aviation system 29% and late-arriving aircraft 5%.

On time 76.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.2%
Cancelled 3.5%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from PLN in July 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Jul 2026	Jul 2025	PLN, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2026
Departed on time	79.8%	67.5%	71.5%	68.8%
Arrived on time	76.3%	56.3%	70.1%	69.4%
Cancelled	3.5%	0.8%	11.6%	2.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.3 min	28.9 min	23.5 min	24.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	4	2	21,066
Scheduled departures	114	126	874	631,970

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	114	100%	76.3%	5.6 min	3.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
PLN–DTW	Pellston to Detroit	61	80.3%	2.3 min	0.0%
PLN–ORD	Pellston to Chicago	53	71.7%	9.7 min	7.5%

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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	64.9%	31.7%	1,145
Late-arriving aircraft	4.5%	41.8%	80
National Aviation System	29.2%	19.9%	515
Extreme weather	1.3%	6.5%	23
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,763 delay minutes on 23 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 2026?

79.8% of 114 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.8% and 69.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2025, 67.5% of 126 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 79.8% and 3.5% in July 2026.

Provenance

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