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Airport month · August 2023
Raleigh-Durham International in August 2023
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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 5,545 domestic departures from Raleigh-Durham International (RDU). 76.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.0% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so RDU departures were level with the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at RDU that month were on time 72.8% of the time (5,547 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 75.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.9%
- Cancelled 1.9%
- Diverted 0.2%
August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Aug 2023 | Year earlier | RDU, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 76.3% | — | 77.5% | 76.7% |
| Arrived on time | 75.0% | — | 77.1% | 76.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.9% | — | 2.3% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.3 min | — | 17.6 min | 17.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 185 | — | 152 | 20,100 |
| Scheduled departures | 5,545 | — | 55,461 | 602,987 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 997 | 18% | 74.4% | 18.7 min | 2.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 975 | 18% | 80.8% | 4.9 min | 1.6% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 749 | 14% | 76.5% | 6.1 min | 1.3% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 614 | 11% | 81.4% | 0.4 min | 1.8% |
| UA United Airlines | 595 | 11% | 77.5% | 11.3 min | 0.7% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 509 | 9% | 58.3% | 28.6 min | 4.9% |
| YX Republic Airline | 431 | 8% | 80.5% | 3.6 min | 1.6% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 325 | 6% | 59.1% | 29.2 min | 3.4% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 151 | 3% | 81.5% | 2.3 min | 0.7% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 78 | 1% | 73.1% | 8.6 min | 2.6% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 62 | 1% | 80.6% | 0.9 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 55 | 1% | 41.8% | 35.5 min | 1.8% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDU–ATL | Raleigh/Durham to Atlanta | 405 | 77.8% | 7.3 min | 2.0% |
| RDU–JFK | Raleigh/Durham to New York | 404 | 76.7% | 4.8 min | 2.0% |
| RDU–LGA | Raleigh/Durham to New York | 357 | 80.4% | 7.0 min | 2.2% |
| RDU–BOS | Raleigh/Durham to Boston | 283 | 62.2% | 25.7 min | 1.8% |
| RDU–CLT | Raleigh/Durham to Charlotte | 280 | 73.6% | 27.5 min | 3.6% |
| RDU–ORD | Raleigh/Durham to Chicago | 244 | 71.7% | 19.2 min | 2.0% |
| RDU–DCA | Raleigh/Durham to Washington | 241 | 76.3% | 10.7 min | 1.7% |
| RDU–MCO | Raleigh/Durham to Orlando | 240 | 66.7% | 20.2 min | 1.7% |
| RDU–EWR | Raleigh/Durham to Newark | 226 | 78.8% | 4.4 min | 0.9% |
| RDU–DEN | Raleigh/Durham to Denver | 211 | 74.9% | 13.7 min | 0.9% |
| RDU–BNA | Raleigh/Durham to Nashville | 203 | 81.8% | 6.0 min | 0.0% |
| RDU–PHL | Raleigh/Durham to Philadelphia | 192 | 66.1% | 21.1 min | 2.1% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left RDU on time in August 2023?
76.3% of 5,545 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for RDU · methodology · corrections.