DFW to MTJ flight delays
Dallas/Fort Worth, TX (DFW) Montrose/Delta, CO (MTJ) · 722 miles
579 flights · January 2025 – August 2026 · US Bureau of Transportation Statistics
77.36%
Arrived on time
Within 15 minutes of schedule
2.76%
Cancelled
Share of scheduled flights
84 min
When late, late by
Average across delayed arrivals
20 min
Delay per flight
Averaged over every flight flown
What the record says about this route
The cancellation rate for the period is 2.76%, but almost all of it belongs to one month: January 2026, when 14.52% of flights on this route did not operate. Outside that month the route cancelled at around 1.35%. Whatever happened in January was an event, not the normal state of this route.
The season swings this route hard. In April it ran 20.6 points more punctual than in July — a difference bigger than the one between the best and worst airlines on most routes. If the date is flexible, it is worth more than the carrier.
Only American Airlines flies this route in the published record, so there is no choice to weigh — the route's figures and the airline's are the same figures.
This is a thin route — 579 flights across the whole period. On a route this infrequent a cancellation is far more costly than the rate suggests, because the next departure may not be the same day.
Which airline should you fly on this route?
Over January 2025 – August 2026, American Airlines arrived on time most often on DFW to MTJ. Flights ran closest to schedule in April and worst in July.
Every airline on DFW to MTJ
Ranked by how many flights each one operated. A carrier with fewer than 100 flights in the period is listed but not graded.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| American Airlines | 471 | 75.16% | 2.97% | 90 min | D |
| Envoy Air | 96 | 87.23% | 2.08% | 33 min | — |
| SkyWest Airlines | 12 | 83.33% | 0% | 19 min | — |
Month by month
Share of flights that arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, by month flown.
Other routes from Dallas/Fort Worth
Common questions
Are flights from Dallas/Fort Worth to Montrose/Delta usually delayed?
77.36% of flights on the DFW to MTJ route arrived within 15 minutes of schedule, so roughly 2 in every ten arrived late. That is about the same as the average route in this record.
Which airlines fly from Dallas/Fort Worth to Montrose/Delta?
Only American Airlines appears in the published record on this route, with 471 flights and 75.16% arriving on time.
How often are DFW to MTJ flights cancelled?
2.76% of scheduled flights did not operate — about 28 in every thousand. That is high enough that cancellation, not delay, is the risk worth planning around.
What is the best month to fly Dallas/Fort Worth to Montrose/Delta?
April, when 88.9% of flights arrived on time. The worst was July at 68.3%.
When DFW to MTJ flights are late, how late are they?
About 84 minutes on average across the flights that arrived more than 15 minutes behind schedule.
What these figures do and do not tell you
Everything on this page is counted from the flights that actually operated on DFW to MTJ during January 2025 – August 2026, as reported by the airlines to the US Bureau of Transportation Statistics. "On time" is the federal definition: arriving at the gate within 15 minutes of the scheduled time.
A route's record is a description of the past, not a forecast. Weather, air traffic control and the aircraft's earlier flights that day drive most delays, and none of them are predictable from a historical rate. What the record does tell you is whether this route runs late more often than others, and which carrier on it has the better history — which is the part you can actually act on when you book.
Cancellations are counted separately from delays because they are a different problem for a traveller: a late flight still gets you there. How the grade is calculated →