Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) delays & on-time performance
Kalispell, Montana · 18 nonstop destinations · 6 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at FCA 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
0.9%
39 flights
Avg arrival delay
18 min
90 min when late
Departed on time
82%
avg taxi-out 18 min
Figures cover 4,115 departures from FCA; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into FCA were on time 82% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Glacier Park International Airport (FCA) arrived on time 81% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 0.9% were cancelled, and 7% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (86% on time); American Airlines was the least (63%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (94% on time); around 4pm did worst (56%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (42%).
Most delayed routes from FCA
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ORD · Chicago70%532 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis84%466 flts
- DEN · Denver85%1,010 flts
- SLC · Salt Lake City91%1,111 flts
Most reliable routes from FCA
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SLC · Salt Lake City91%1,111 flts
- DEN · Denver85%1,010 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis84%466 flts
- ORD · Chicago70%532 flts
Best airline at FCA
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 86% | 0.7% | 15 min | 2 | 870 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 85% | 1.1% | 12 min | 10 | 1,521 |
| United Airlines | 83% | 1.0% | 17 min | 4 | 989 |
| Envoy Air | 78% | 0.0% | 12 min | 3 | 73 |
| Allegiant Air | 65% | 1.5% | 24 min | 3 | 202 |
| American Airlines | 63% | 0.9% | 43 min | 3 | 460 |
Best time to fly out of FCA
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am87%349 flts
- 6am94%436 flts
- 7am67%48 flts
- 8am78%85 flts
- 10am87%182 flts
- 11am84%134 flts
- 12pm83%698 flts
- 1pm78%430 flts
- 2pm80%632 flts
- 3pm78%273 flts
- 4pm56%236 flts
- 5pm74%276 flts
- 6pm90%272 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)42%
- Late-arriving aircraft27%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion23%
- Extreme weather9%
- 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.