According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Hayden, CO (HDN) ranks #187 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Hayden, CO posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.
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HDN on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Hayden, CO sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Hayden, CO handles more flight
volume than 51% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
15% 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.
Hayden, CO vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 27,069 ·
On-time rate: 79.7%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes266,158 min
Late Aircraft104,000 min · 39%
Carrier82,260 min · 31%
NAS (National Aviation System)52,784 min · 20%
Weather26,870 min · 10%
Security244 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
HDN - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: October (95%) · worst: December (87%)
HDN - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
HDN - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 24 min · taxi-in 5.1 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
HDN's average taxi-out (24 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is November 2024 at 31.2 min; the lightest is July 2024 at 19.3 min.
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Hayden, 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.
The standout signal at Hayden, CO is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 39.1% of 266,158 delay minutes across 27,069 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 79.7% (0.7 pts above the 79% national average), with 5,484 delayed and 348 cancelled (1.29%).
Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (39.1% late-aircraft, 30.9% carrier, 19.8% NAS, 10.1% weather, 0.1% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.
On the multi-year calendar, HDN is strongest in October (95% on-time) and weakest in December (87%), a 8.0-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~785 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DEN (Denver) at 79.3% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Hayden, CO vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
79.7%Top 85%higher than 15% of 382 airports
Hayden, CO
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.
HDN'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 HDN before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in October rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. November 2024 averaged 31.2 min. 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 Hayden, CO's on-time rate?
Hayden, CO (HDN) has a 79.7% on-time rate across 27,069 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 0.7 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does HDN rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Hayden, CO ranks #187 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a mid-size U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Hayden, CO?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at HDN, accounting for 39.1% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 39.1% late-aircraft, 30.9% carrier, 19.8% NAS/air-traffic-control, 10.1% weather, and 0.1% security.
When is the best time to fly through Hayden, CO?
October is historically HDN's strongest month at 95% on-time, while December is the weakest at 87%, a 8.0-point swing across the BTS historical record.