Redding Regional in May 2026

76.9%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 134 domestic departures from Redding Regional (RDD). 76.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.1% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so RDD departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 149 departures with 84.6% leaving on time: a change of −7.7 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at RDD that month were on time 80.5% of the time (133 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 37%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and air carrier 30%.

On time 73.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.1%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from RDD in May 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	RDD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	76.9%	84.6%	80.8%	77.1%
Arrived on time	73.1%	78.5%	75.3%	77.6%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.0%	1.0%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.6 min	17.7 min	21.5 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	5	5	20,391
Scheduled departures	134	149	1,656	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	134	100%	73.1%	17.0 min	0.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RDD–SFO	Redding to San Francisco	71	59.2%	33.4 min	1.4%
RDD–LAX	Redding to Los Angeles	32	87.5%	2.1 min	0.0%
RDD–DEN	Redding to Denver	31	90.3%	-4.7 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	30.4%	33.0%	926
Late-arriving aircraft	33.1%	40.4%	1,008
National Aviation System	36.5%	20.5%	1,113
Extreme weather	0.0%	6.0%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,047 delay minutes on 35 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 May 2026?

76.9% of 134 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 84.6% of 149 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 76.9% and 0.7% in May 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2026; 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.