Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ) delays & on-time performance
Montrose/Delta, Colorado · 11 nonstop destinations · 6 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at MTJ right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.2%
31 flights
Avg arrival delay
23 min
103 min when late
Departed on time
78%
avg taxi-out 20 min
Figures cover 2,526 departures from MTJ; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into MTJ were on time 76% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Montrose Regional Airport (MTJ) arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.2% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
- Envoy Air was the most punctual airline here (90% on time); American Airlines was the least (75%).
- Departures scheduled around 8am did best (89% on time); around 3pm did worst (66%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (47%).
Most delayed routes from MTJ
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth78%579 flts
- DEN · Denver81%1,415 flts
Most reliable routes from MTJ
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DEN · Denver81%1,415 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth78%579 flts
Best airline at MTJ
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy Air | 90% | 1.6% | 7 min | 1 | 127 |
| Southwest Airlines | 83% | 0.2% | 13 min | 4 | 478 |
| Delta Air Lines | 81% | 4.0% | 15 min | 1 | 100 |
| United Airlines | 78% | 0.8% | 20 min | 3 | 973 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 76% | 1.0% | 29 min | 5 | 408 |
| American Airlines | 75% | 2.7% | 39 min | 1 | 440 |
Best time to fly out of MTJ
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 7am87%439 flts
- 8am89%147 flts
- 10am82%111 flts
- 11am86%64 flts
- 12pm78%412 flts
- 1pm80%467 flts
- 2pm74%455 flts
- 3pm66%330 flts
- 4pm80%81 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft47%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)26%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion22%
- Extreme weather5%
- 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.