Raleigh-Durham International in October 2023

85.7%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 5,547 domestic departures from Raleigh-Durham International (RDU). 85.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.6% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so RDU departures were 1.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RDU that month were on time 84.2% of the time (5,544 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 85.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.0%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from RDU in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	RDU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	85.7%	—	77.5%	83.8%
Arrived on time	85.6%	—	77.1%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	2.3%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.0 min	—	17.6 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	185	—	152	19,966
Scheduled departures	5,547	—	55,461	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	1,009	18%	82.9%	7.4 min	0.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	970	17%	90.2%	-2.5 min	0.3%
WN Southwest Airlines	809	15%	86.9%	-0.5 min	0.1%
9E Endeavor Air	619	11%	90.0%	-10.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	549	10%	90.2%	-5.4 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	513	9%	88.7%	-5.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	476	9%	80.0%	2.4 min	0.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways	316	6%	70.6%	19.1 min	0.3%
MQ Envoy Air	146	3%	83.6%	0.1 min	0.7%
NK Spirit Airlines	58	1%	60.3%	18.8 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	32	1%	75.0%	-3.6 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	27	0%	88.9%	8.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RDU–ATL	Raleigh/Durham to Atlanta	424	88.7%	-0.9 min	0.0%
RDU–JFK	Raleigh/Durham to New York	404	84.4%	-6.9 min	0.2%
RDU–LGA	Raleigh/Durham to New York	360	84.2%	2.0 min	0.0%
RDU–BOS	Raleigh/Durham to Boston	301	79.1%	16.1 min	0.3%
RDU–CLT	Raleigh/Durham to Charlotte	269	85.5%	3.0 min	0.0%
RDU–MCO	Raleigh/Durham to Orlando	263	83.3%	2.3 min	0.4%
RDU–DCA	Raleigh/Durham to Washington	261	83.1%	-0.9 min	0.0%
RDU–EWR	Raleigh/Durham to Newark	241	88.8%	-6.4 min	0.0%
RDU–ORD	Raleigh/Durham to Chicago	234	93.6%	-4.9 min	0.0%
RDU–PHL	Raleigh/Durham to Philadelphia	214	79.4%	8.6 min	0.5%
RDU–BNA	Raleigh/Durham to Nashville	212	90.6%	-3.9 min	0.0%
RDU–DEN	Raleigh/Durham to Denver	209	90.9%	-6.9 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	37.9%	41.3%	20,449
Late-arriving aircraft	46.7%	40.5%	25,140
National Aviation System	14.6%	14.4%	7,880
Extreme weather	0.8%	3.7%	418
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

53,887 delay minutes on 778 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 RDU on time in October 2023?

85.7% of 5,547 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.