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Durango La Plata County Airport (DRO) delays & on-time performance

Durango, Colorado · 4 nonstop destinations · 3 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at DRO right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.

On-time arrivals
81%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.3%
62 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
88 min when late
Departed on time
82%
avg taxi-out 22 min

Figures cover 4,613 departures from DRO; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into DRO were on time 80% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Durango La Plata County Airport (DRO) arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
  • 1.3% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
  • United Airlines was the most punctual airline here (85% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (80%).
  • Departures scheduled around 5am did best (91% on time); around 5pm did worst (63%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (45%).

Most delayed routes from DRO

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 4 routes from DRO →

Most reliable routes from DRO

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at DRO

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
United Airlines85%0.5%11 min2793
SkyWest Airlines80%1.5%19 min33,696
American Airlines66%1.6%38 min1124

Best time to fly out of DRO

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 5am91%431 flts
  • 6am86%268 flts
  • 7am87%452 flts
  • 8am69%263 flts
  • 10am91%449 flts
  • 11am86%609 flts
  • 12pm78%362 flts
  • 1pm84%405 flts
  • 3pm74%371 flts
  • 4pm74%244 flts
  • 5pm63%186 flts
  • 6pm70%495 flts
  • 7pm75%51 flts

Monthly trend

60%80%100%July 2025: 73.3% on time, 2.2% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 75.6% on time, 0.7% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 77.4% on time, 0.9% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 81.3% on time, 0.8% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 83.2% on time, 4.6% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 84.8% on time, 0.5% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 87.3% on time, 2.3% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 77.8% on time, 2.1% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 80.6% on time, 2.5% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 85.3% on time, 0.3% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 81.5% on time, 0.5% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 77.7% on time, 0.9% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 79.0% on time, 0.7% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)45%
  • Late-arriving aircraft29%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion14%
  • Extreme weather12%
  • Security0%

Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.