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Montrose/Delta, CO

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Montrose/Delta, CO (MTJ) ranks #175 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Montrose/Delta, CO posts below-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

81.3%
On-time
Top 75%
on-time, US airports
79 min
Delay when late
1.33%
Cancelled
#175 of 382
Corpus placement
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MTJ on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%81.3%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 265,602.

Late Aircraft 40.6% (107,966 min)
Carrier 35.1% (93,315 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 19.6% (51,946 min)
Weather 4.5% (11,857 min)
Security 0.2% (518 min)

MTJ - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: April (94.4%) · worst: June (88.4%)

88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 88.5%

MTJ - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

86%88%90%92%94%96% 202020212022202320242025 94.5% 88.3% ▼ -6.6%

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

Average taxi-out 19 min · taxi-in 5.4 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min15 min20 min25 min Jan 24Dec 25 18.5 min 21.3 min ▲ +15.1%

MTJ's average taxi-out (19 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is October 2025 at 21.7 min; the lightest is October 2024 at 14.8 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Montrose/Delta, CO.

Cancellation Rate

1.33%

428 of 32,233 flights

Diversion Rate

0.21%

67 of 32,233 flights

Delay Rate

18.7%

6,020 of 32,233 flights

Top Routes from MTJ

Busiest routes to and from Montrose/Delta, CO.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
MTJ (Montrose/Delta) → DEN (Denver) 8,502 79.8% 196 mi
DEN (Denver) → MTJ (Montrose/Delta) 8,499 80.5% 196 mi
DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) → MTJ (Montrose/Delta) 3,213 82.6% 722 mi
MTJ (Montrose/Delta) → DFW (Dallas/Fort Worth) 3,213 79.3% 722 mi
ORD (Chicago) → MTJ (Montrose/Delta) 814 79.9% 1,081 mi
MTJ (Montrose/Delta) → ORD (Chicago) 813 84.4% 1,081 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Montrose/Delta, 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: 81.3%).

Philadelphia, PA

Philadelphia, PA

81.3% on-time 1,060,086 flights

St. Louis, MO

St. Louis, MO

81.3% on-time 687,272 flights

Memphis, TN

Memphis, TN

81.3% on-time 251,985 flights

Traverse City, MI

Traverse City, MI

81.3% on-time 50,174 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 32,233).

Charlottesville, VA

Charlottesville, VA

31,578 flights 85.5% on-time

Flint, MI

Flint, MI

31,426 flights 78.1% on-time

Melbourne, FL

Melbourne, FL

31,111 flights 85.7% on-time

Mobile, AL

Mobile, AL

33,438 flights 85.2% 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
HDN 79.7%

Hayden, CO

Hayden · 27,069 flights
GUC 82.9%

Gunnison, CO

Gunnison · 9,819 flights

MTJ delay-share reading

The standout signal at Montrose/Delta, CO is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 40.6% of 265,602 delay minutes across 32,233 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 81.3% (2.3 pts above the 79% national average), with 6,020 delayed and 428 cancelled (1.33%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (40.6% late-aircraft, 35.1% carrier, 19.6% NAS, 4.5% weather, 0.2% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, MTJ is strongest in April (94.4% on-time) and weakest in June (88.4%), a 6.0-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~756 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to DEN (Denver) at 79.8% 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 MTJ's data

MTJ'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 MTJ before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in April rather than June if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. October 2025 averaged 21.7 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.