Redding Regional in December 2024

82.2%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 146 domestic departures from Redding Regional (RDD). 82.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.6% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so RDD departures were 4.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 120 departures with 85.8% leaving on time: a change of −3.6 points, with flights up 22%.

Flights arriving at RDD that month were on time 82.2% of the time (146 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 38%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 83.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.1%
Cancelled 1.4%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from RDD in December 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	RDD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	82.2%	85.8%	80.8%	77.8%
Arrived on time	83.6%	83.3%	75.3%	78.1%
Cancelled	1.4%	0.0%	1.0%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.8 min	24.1 min	21.5 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	4	5	19,686
Scheduled departures	146	120	1,656	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	146	100%	83.6%	6.3 min	1.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RDD–SFO	Redding to San Francisco	92	83.7%	8.3 min	1.1%
RDD–LAX	Redding to Los Angeles	31	87.1%	-0.4 min	3.2%
RDD–SEA	Redding to Seattle	23	78.3%	7.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	15.3%	34.3%	321
Late-arriving aircraft	27.7%	40.2%	581
National Aviation System	15.6%	17.8%	326
Extreme weather	37.9%	7.5%	794
Security	3.5%	0.2%	73

2,095 delay minutes on 22 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left RDD on time in December 2024?

82.2% of 146 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 85.8% of 120 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 82.2% and 1.4% in December 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for RDD · methodology · corrections.