OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Great Falls to Denver

624 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on GTF–DEN arrive on time 83% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate83%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay35 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.0%of scheduled flights

based on 668 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time89%
    Medianon time
    p9010 min
    Cancel1.3%
    Flights160
  • United Airlines
    On-time81%
    Medianon time
    p9045 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights508

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline21%
  • Weather29%
  • Air traffic (NAS)38%
  • Late aircraft12%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline43%
  • Weather29%
  • Air traffic (NAS)29%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Airline. Shares are among 7 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 GTF → DEN

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 10 min · 1,096 flights
  • Afternoons77% on time · p90 60 min · 1,093 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 78% to 84% on time.

  • Tuesdays84% on time · p90 35 min · 312 flights
  • Sundays84% on time · p90 25 min · 314 flights
  • Saturdays83% on time · p90 25 min · 314 flights
  • Wednesdays83% on time · p90 35 min · 312 flights
  • Mondays82% on time · p90 45 min · 312 flights
  • Thursdays82% on time · p90 45 min · 311 flights
  • Fridays78% on time · p90 45 min · 314 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.