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Airport Reliability

GRR · Grand Rapids

Gerald R. Ford International Airport

80%
Departures within 15 minutes
15 min
Average departure delay
75%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
1.8%
Departures cancelled

Based on 21,629 departures and 21,632 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning-you made the right choice.

Departures from GRR departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 86% of the time, versus 64% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Tuesday has been the better bet.

A small edge: 79% on time on Tuesdays against 74% on Sundays.

Trending in the right direction.

Departures from GRR arrived on time 78% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 68% in the three months before that.

When GRR gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM86%(658 flights)
  • 6–9 AM83%(6522 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM80%(2848 flights)
  • 12–3 PM74%(4189 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(4304 flights)
  • 6–9 PM65%(2530 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM64%(144 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon76%(3162 flights)
  • Tue79%(2786 flights)
  • Wed78%(2834 flights)
  • Thu78%(3166 flights)
  • Fri74%(3173 flights)
  • Sat76%(2777 flights)
  • Sun74%(3297 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 75% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202575%1876
July 202574%1920
August 202579%1783
September 202584%1686
October 202582%1865
November 202579%1680
December 202562%1766
January 202664%1557
February 202678%1529
March 202674%1782
April 202679%1878
May 202683%1873

Airlines departing GRR

Busiest routes from GRR

Based on 21,629 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.