PlainFlights

Airport · GUC · Gunnison, Colorado

Gunnison, CO

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Gunnison, CO (GUC) ranks #250 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Gunnison, CO posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

82.9%
On-time
Top 56%
on-time, US airports
110 min
Delay when late
1.57%
Cancelled
#250 of 382
Corpus placement
View watchlist

Get GUC on-time updates (RSS)

Tools for GUC

Compare GUC to another hub, filter routes, or browse airline stats without leaving this profile.

Airport lookup

Compare airports

Route finder

Airline & season filters

GUC on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%82.9%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 103,148.

Late Aircraft 26.5% (27,366 min)
Carrier 53.4% (55,063 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 12.4% (12,795 min)
Weather 7.6% (7,829 min)
Security 0.1% (95 min)

GUC - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (95.8%) · worst: June (88.8%)

88%90%92%94%96%98% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 89.9%

GUC - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96% 202020212022202320242025 94.6% 89.7% ▼ -5.2%

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

Average taxi-out 27.2 min · taxi-in 4.1 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

15 min20 min25 min30 min35 min40 min Jan 24Dec 25 25.3 min 33.9 min ▲ +34.0%

GUC's average taxi-out (27.2 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is November 2024 at 34.3 min; the lightest is August 2024 at 20.3 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Gunnison, CO.

Cancellation Rate

1.57%

154 of 9,819 flights

Diversion Rate

0.17%

17 of 9,819 flights

Delay Rate

17.1%

1,675 of 9,819 flights

Top Routes from GUC

Busiest routes to and from Gunnison, CO.

Filter routes

Route Flights On-Time Distance
DEN (Denver) → GUC (Gunnison) 3,742 82.5% 152 mi
GUC (Gunnison) → DEN (Denver) 3,741 79.6% 152 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → GUC (Gunnison) 577 78.5% 678 mi
GUC (Gunnison) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 577 72.6% 678 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Gunnison, 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: 82.9%).

Tulsa, OK

Tulsa, OK

82.9% on-time 182,147 flights

Midland/Odessa, TX

Midland/Odessa, TX

82.9% on-time 100,719 flights

Fresno, CA

Fresno, CA

83% on-time 133,263 flights

Bangor, ME

Bangor, ME

83% on-time 47,532 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 9,819).

Kodiak, AK

Kodiak, AK

9,654 flights 87% on-time

Pellston, MI

Pellston, MI

9,995 flights 84.2% on-time

Rhinelander, WI

Rhinelander, WI

9,618 flights 87.3% on-time

Rockford, IL

Rockford, IL

9,512 flights 78.9% 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
DRO 83.4%

Durango, CO

Durango · 42,722 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 delay-share reading

The standout signal at Gunnison, CO is the delay mix: Carrier owns 53.4% of 103,148 delay minutes across 9,819 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 82.9% (3.9 pts above the 79% national average), with 1,675 delayed and 154 cancelled (1.57%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (26.5% late-aircraft, 53.4% carrier, 12.4% NAS, 7.6% weather, 0.1% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, GUC is strongest in September (95.8% on-time) and weakest in June (88.8%), a 7.0-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~211 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DEN (Denver) at 82.5% 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Using GUC's data

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

  • Check the busiest route from GUC before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. November 2024 averaged 34.3 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.