OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Denver to Missoula

679 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on DEN–MSO arrive on time 80% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate80%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.2%of scheduled flights

based on 1,135 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel0.2%
    Flights417
  • United Airlines
    On-time79%
    Medianon time
    p9030 min
    Cancel0.1%
    Flights718

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline36%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)12%
  • Late aircraft47%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline0%
  • Weather100%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 2 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly DEN → MSO

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 15 min · 286 flights
  • Middays83% on time · p90 30 min · 1,797 flights
  • Afternoons78% on time · p90 40 min · 253 flights
  • Evenings70% on time · p90 65 min · 1,088 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 75% to 82% on time.

  • Thursdays82% on time · p90 40 min · 473 flights
  • Wednesdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 491 flights
  • Tuesdays81% on time · p90 35 min · 465 flights
  • Saturdays79% on time · p90 35 min · 481 flights
  • Mondays77% on time · p90 50 min · 520 flights
  • Sundays77% on time · p90 40 min · 475 flights
  • Fridays75% on time · p90 55 min · 519 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.