Missoula, MT · Airport profile

MSO

Missoula Montana Airport

MSO right now

Current operating conditions, from live sources only.

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Flight operations

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Aviation weather

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Security wait times

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Parking

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Airport reliability

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Best time to fly from MSO

On-time arrival rate by scheduled local departure time.

Flights departing 9 AM–12 PM arrived on time 90.1% of the time, against 65.9% for 9 PM–5 AM departures — a gap of 24.2 percentage points.

By departure window

5–9 AM87.2%
9 AM–12 PM90.1%
12–3 PM77.5%
3–6 PM74.6%
6–9 PM87.1%
9 PM–5 AM65.9%

By departure hour

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Buckets with fewer than 120 flights are not scored.

What to expect at MSO

How busy the airport is through the day, from scheduled departure volume.

Departures a day
12
Average across the analysis period
Busiest hour
1 PM
About 2 departures
Typical taxi-out
18 min
Pushback to wheels-up

Scheduled departures by hour

The busiest hour is 1 PM, with about 2 departures a day, against roughly 0 at 9 AM.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Taxi-out is the time between leaving the gate and lifting off, averaged across departures and weighted by hour.

Weekly and seasonal patterns

By day of week

Mon80.1%
Tue83.8%
Wed83.0%
Thu81.2%
Fri79.2%
Sat82.4%
Sun81.0%

Tuesday is historically the most reliable day and Friday the least, a gap of 4.5 percentage points.

By month

July is historically the weakest month and September the strongest, a spread of 9.0 percentage points.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026

Airlines at MSO

Departure performance by operating carrier. Regional flights are reported by the carrier that operated them, not by the mainline brand.

CarrierDeparturesOn timeCancelledMedian delay
SkyWest Airlines OO4,09684.8%0.78%-8 min
United Airlines UA2,70380.2%0.96%-7 min
Delta Air Lines DL2,41287.7%0.58%-9 min
Envoy Air MQ1,26476.7%0.63%-5 min
Alaska Airlines AS95877.3%0.94%-3 min
Allegiant Air G491869.7%0.87%-1 min
American Airlines AA67276.0%1.04%-5 min

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Carriers with fewer than 500 departures are not listed.

Routes from MSO

Ranked by FlyerIntel Route Reliability Score.

Busiest routes

DestinationFlightsOn timeScore
MSODEN Denver3,40978.2%61
MSOSLC Salt Lake City3,17989.9%84
MSOMSP Minneapolis1,44687.4%80
MSODFW Dallas–Fort Worth1,32278.4%62
MSOSEA Seattle1,08577.5%70
MSOORD Chicago99974.0%61

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026 · Only routes with at least 750 flights are ranked.

Reliability over time

On-time arrival rate for departures, by month.

Source: FlyerIntel analysis of US DOT BTS data · July 2023 – June 2026

Data and sources

Historical statistics

Every historical figure on this page is calculated by FlyerIntel from US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time performance records covering July 2023 – June 2026, comprising 13,172 departures from MSO. A flight counts as delayed when it arrives 15 or more minutes after schedule.

Full methodology · All data sources

Live conditions

Aviation weather comes from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center. Operational events come from the FAA where available. FlyerIntel shows the age of every live value and does not display data it cannot currently retrieve.

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