Yampa Valley Airport (HDN) delays & on-time performance
Hayden, Colorado · 17 nonstop destinations · 7 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at HDN right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
75%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.0%
24 flights
Avg arrival delay
22 min
88 min when late
Departed on time
73%
avg taxi-out 22 min
Figures cover 2,393 departures from HDN; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into HDN were on time 70% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Yampa Valley Airport (HDN) arrived on time 75% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
- 1% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
- United Airlines was the most punctual airline here (81% on time); JetBlue was the least (54%).
- Departures scheduled around 7am did best (84% on time); around 3pm did worst (67%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (48%).
Most delayed routes from HDN
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DEN · Denver80%1,425 flts
Most reliable routes from HDN
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DEN · Denver80%1,425 flts
Best airline at HDN
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 81% | 1.1% | 18 min | 5 | 1,002 |
| Southwest Airlines | 76% | 0.0% | 18 min | 4 | 507 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 73% | 0.6% | 20 min | 6 | 481 |
| Delta Air Lines | 71% | 3.6% | 25 min | 2 | 138 |
| Envoy Air | 67% | 1.4% | 31 min | 2 | 69 |
| American Airlines | 57% | 1.7% | 65 min | 1 | 121 |
| JetBlue | 54% | 2.7% | 50 min | 2 | 75 |
Best time to fly out of HDN
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 7am84%434 flts
- 8am80%87 flts
- 11am79%198 flts
- 12pm77%356 flts
- 1pm73%673 flts
- 2pm68%84 flts
- 3pm67%374 flts
- 4pm78%95 flts
- 5pm70%60 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft48%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion26%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)19%
- Extreme weather7%
- 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.