Best time to fly out of Elko (EKO)

Elko did not fly enough departures in this window to split the day into time bands. Not enough flights to say. A percentage needs at least 100 flights behind it before it is worth printing; anything thinner is noise wearing a decimal point. These are historical odds, not forecasts. The records say what happened on this schedule over three years; they know nothing about tomorrow’s thunderstorm.

Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics

On-time rate by hour and day

On this page, “on time” means a departure that pushed back less than 15 minutes behind its scheduled time — the Bureau of Transportation Statistics definition, and the one airlines are held to.

Share of departures that left on time, by hour band and day of week.
Departure time MonTueWedThuFriSatSun
Before 6am
6–8am 99 93 97 97 97 92 98
8–10am
10am–12pm
12–2pm
2–4pm
4–6pm
6–8pm
8–10pm
10pm–12am
fewer left on time more left on time

Not enough flights to say — fewer than 100 in this window.

The year at EKO

June was the hard month at EKO: 89.6% of departures left on time, across 125 flights. October was the easy one at 100%. Each month pools three years of that month, so a single bad week does not decide it.

Share of departures that left on time, by calendar month. Best month in green, worst in amber. The hairline sits at the overall rate, 95.7%.
Departure on-time share at EKO by calendar month
Month Share departures that left on time Flights
January 91.7% 111
February 97% 102
March 96.4% 111
April 93.4% 107
May 96.8% 125
June 89.6% 125
July 97.2% 110
August 96.4% 110
September 98.1% 106
October 100% 111
November 97.2% 108
December 95.6% 113

Airlines at EKO

Every airline with at least 100 departures from EKO, busiest first. These are that airline’s departures from this airport only — its record across the country sits on its own page.

Airline Left on time Typical delay Cancelled Departures
SkyWest Airlines 95.7% 150 min 0.4% 1,339

If you are connecting through EKO

Of 1,340 scheduled arrivals into EKO, 92.6% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule.

Work out a specific layover — pick the airport and the minutes you have, and the tool reads the same arrival records back as a share.

Busiest routes out of EKO

Ranked by flights, with the share that arrived on time at the far end. Where a route carries enough flights for a page of its own the chip goes there; otherwise it goes to the destination airport.

EKO in one number

Elko (EKO)

Rank 315 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: 6–8am. Hardest month: June.

July 2023–June 2026 · 1,333 departures flown

95.7% of departures left on time

Questions about EKO

What is the worst month to fly out of EKO?
June: 89.6% of the departures that flew left on time, with 125 scheduled. October was the other end of the year at 100%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
How often are flights cancelled at EKO?
0.4% of scheduled departures were cancelled over July 2023 through June 2026. Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled, not against everything that flew — a rate that looks small still adds up to real people in a rebooking line.