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Durango, CO

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Durango, CO (DRO) ranks #163 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Durango, CO posts above-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

83.4%
On-time
Top 50%
on-time, US airports
90 min
Delay when late
1.05%
Cancelled
#163 of 382
Corpus placement
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DRO on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%83.4%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 363,728.

Late Aircraft 24.5% (89,106 min)
Carrier 51.4% (186,988 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 12.8% (46,661 min)
Weather 10.9% (39,611 min)
Security 0.4% (1,362 min)

DRO - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: April (94%) · worst: January (90.6%)

90%91%92%93%94%95% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 91%

DRO - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96%98% 202020212022202320242025 95.6% 89.7% ▼ -6.2%

DRO - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 22.9 min · taxi-in 5.4 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

15 min20 min25 min30 min Jan 24Dec 25 27.9 min 26.4 min ▼ -5.4%

DRO's average taxi-out (22.9 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is January 2024 at 27.9 min; the lightest is July 2024 at 18.7 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Durango, CO.

Cancellation Rate

1.05%

450 of 42,722 flights

Diversion Rate

0.13%

54 of 42,722 flights

Delay Rate

16.6%

7,090 of 42,722 flights

Top Routes from DRO

Busiest routes to and from Durango, CO.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
DEN (Denver) → DRO (Durango) 9,791 80.2% 251 mi
DRO (Durango) → DEN (Denver) 9,789 79.6% 251 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → DRO (Durango) 6,408 82.6% 674 mi
DRO (Durango) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 6,402 80.3% 674 mi
DRO (Durango) → PHX (Phoenix) 4,669 84.7% 351 mi
PHX (Phoenix) → DRO (Durango) 4,667 87.5% 351 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Durango, CO, both outside Colorado so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 83.4%).

Burlington, VT

Burlington, VT

83.4% on-time 79,685 flights

Bismarck/Mandan, ND

Bismarck/Mandan, ND

83.4% on-time 45,937 flights

Moline, IL

Moline, IL

83.4% on-time 45,407 flights

Mason City, IA

Mason City, IA

83.4% on-time 5,851 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 42,722).

Santa Rosa, CA

Santa Rosa, CA

43,075 flights 83.3% on-time

Idaho Falls, ID

Idaho Falls, ID

43,233 flights 84.4% on-time

Augusta, GA

Augusta, GA

41,579 flights 84% on-time

Peoria, IL

Peoria, IL

44,104 flights 80.7% on-time

Other Airports in Colorado

Compare performance with other Colorado airports.

DEN 78.9%

Denver, CO

Denver · 3,293,040 flights
COS 80.4%

Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado Springs · 134,711 flights
ASE 73.5%

Aspen, CO

Aspen · 78,805 flights
GJT 85.1%

Grand Junction, CO

Grand Junction · 47,063 flights
EGE 78%

Eagle, CO

Eagle · 37,271 flights
MTJ 81.3%

Montrose/Delta, CO

Montrose/Delta · 32,233 flights
HDN 79.7%

Hayden, CO

Hayden · 27,069 flights
GUC 82.9%

Gunnison, CO

Gunnison · 9,819 flights

DRO delay-share reading

The standout signal at Durango, CO is the delay mix: Carrier owns 51.4% of 363,728 delay minutes across 42,722 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 83.4% (4.4 pts above the 79% national average), with 7,090 delayed and 450 cancelled (1.05%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (24.5% late-aircraft, 51.4% carrier, 12.8% NAS, 10.9% weather, 0.4% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, DRO is strongest in April (94% on-time) and weakest in January (90.6%), a 3.4-point swing. Volume peaks in August (~675 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DEN (Denver) at 80.2% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Colorado: Colorado flight data.

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.

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Using DRO's data

DRO's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from DRO before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in April rather than January if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. January 2024 averaged 27.9 min. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.