According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Grand Rapids, MI (GRR) ranks #73 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Grand Rapids, MI posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a high-volume U.S. airport.
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GRR on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Grand Rapids, MI sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Grand Rapids, MI handles more flight
volume than 81% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
32% 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.
Grand Rapids, MI vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 195,613 ·
On-time rate: 81.9%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Carrier.
Total delay minutes1,358,387 min
Carrier511,293 min · 38%
Late Aircraft439,837 min · 32%
NAS (National Aviation System)296,285 min · 22%
Weather109,317 min · 8%
Security1,655 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
GRR - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: October (94.2%) · worst: December (90.2%)
GRR - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
GRR - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 17.4 min · taxi-in 5.5 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
GRR's average taxi-out (17.4 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 13.7 min (April 2024) to 27.0 min (December 2025).
Cancellation & Diversion Analysis
Flight disruption statistics for Grand Rapids, MI.
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Grand Rapids, MI, both outside Michigan 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 Grand Rapids, MI is the delay mix: Carrier owns 37.6% of 1,358,387 delay minutes across 195,613 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 81.9% (2.9 pts above the 79% national average), with 35,335 delayed and 2,500 cancelled (1.28%).
Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (32.4% late-aircraft, 37.6% carrier, 21.8% NAS, 8.0% 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, GRR is strongest in October (94.2% on-time) and weakest in December (90.2%), a 4.0-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~3,060 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ORD (Chicago) at 79.3% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Grand Rapids, MI vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
81.9%Top 68%higher than 32% of 382 airports
Grand Rapids, MI
60%95%
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.
GRR's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.
Check the busiest route from GRR before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in October rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 17.4 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 Grand Rapids, MI's on-time rate?
Grand Rapids, MI (GRR) has a 81.9% on-time rate across 195,613 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 2.9 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the below-median on-time performance.
How does GRR rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Grand Rapids, MI ranks #73 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 Grand Rapids, MI?
Carrier is the leading delay cause at GRR, accounting for 37.6% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 32.4% late-aircraft, 37.6% carrier, 21.8% NAS/air-traffic-control, 8.0% weather, and 0.1% security.
When is the best time to fly through Grand Rapids, MI?
October is historically GRR's strongest month at 94.2% on-time, while December is the weakest at 90.2%, a 4.0-point swing across the BTS historical record.