According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Bozeman, MT (BZN) ranks #98 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Bozeman, MT posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.
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BZN on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Bozeman, MT sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Bozeman, MT handles more flight
volume than 75% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
37% of them, placing it in the quadrant for busy and delay-prone.
Flight volume and on-time rate are independent figures: a busy airport can still run
reliably, and a quiet one can still run late.
Bozeman, MT vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 117,386 ·
On-time rate: 82.3%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes839,113 min
Late Aircraft299,042 min · 36%
Carrier283,716 min · 34%
NAS (National Aviation System)199,426 min · 24%
Weather55,832 min · 7%
Security1,097 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
BZN - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: November (94.3%) · worst: July (88.9%)
BZN - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
BZN - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 18.4 min · taxi-in 5.7 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
BZN's average taxi-out (18.4 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 15.3 min (June 2024) to 25.8 min (February 2025).
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Bozeman, MT, both outside Montana so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.
The standout signal at Bozeman, MT is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 35.6% of 839,113 delay minutes across 117,386 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 82.3% (3.3 pts above the 79% national average), with 20,784 delayed and 920 cancelled (0.78%).
Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (35.6% late-aircraft, 33.8% carrier, 23.8% NAS, 6.7% weather, 0.1% security). As a busy airport, that mix matters more for connection planning than for a thin schedule.
On the multi-year calendar, BZN is strongest in November (94.3% on-time) and weakest in July (88.9%), a 5.4-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~2,191 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DEN (Denver) at 78.9% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Bozeman, MT vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
82.3%Top 63%higher than 37% of 382 airports
Bozeman, MT
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U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025).
Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.
BZN's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.
Check the busiest route from BZN before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in November rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 18.4 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times →
On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Bozeman, MT's on-time rate?
Bozeman, MT (BZN) has a 82.3% on-time rate across 117,386 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 3.3 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the below-median on-time performance.
How does BZN rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Bozeman, MT ranks #98 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a high-volume U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Bozeman, MT?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at BZN, accounting for 35.6% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 35.6% late-aircraft, 33.8% carrier, 23.8% NAS/air-traffic-control, 6.7% weather, and 0.1% security.
When is the best time to fly through Bozeman, MT?
November is historically BZN's strongest month at 94.3% on-time, while July is the weakest at 88.9%, a 5.4-point swing across the BTS historical record.