Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT) delays & on-time performance
Grand Junction, Colorado · 5 nonstop destinations · 3 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at GJT right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
82%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
0.9%
45 flights
Avg arrival delay
15 min
81 min when late
Departed on time
84%
avg taxi-out 21 min
Figures cover 4,840 departures from GJT; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into GJT were on time 82% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT) arrived on time 82% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 0.9% were cancelled, and 6% arrived an hour or more late.
- Envoy Air was the most punctual airline here (85% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (81%).
- Departures scheduled around 6am did best (93% on time); around 3pm did worst (67%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (47%).
Most delayed routes from GJT
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DEN · Denver78%2,256 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth83%1,017 flts
- PHX · Phoenix83%983 flts
- SLC · Salt Lake City95%583 flts
Most reliable routes from GJT
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- SLC · Salt Lake City95%583 flts
- PHX · Phoenix83%983 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth83%1,017 flts
- DEN · Denver78%2,256 flts
Best airline at GJT
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy Air | 85% | 1.0% | 9 min | 2 | 801 |
| United Airlines | 84% | 0.4% | 12 min | 1 | 732 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 81% | 1.0% | 18 min | 5 | 3,307 |
Best time to fly out of GJT
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am92%592 flts
- 6am93%339 flts
- 7am88%776 flts
- 8am83%78 flts
- 9am90%94 flts
- 10am84%210 flts
- 11am85%510 flts
- 12pm81%372 flts
- 1pm85%439 flts
- 3pm67%365 flts
- 4pm72%293 flts
- 5pm80%56 flts
- 6pm70%666 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)47%
- Late-arriving aircraft26%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion19%
- Extreme weather8%
- 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.