Raleigh-Durham International in November 2023

86.3%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 4,986 domestic departures from Raleigh-Durham International (RDU). 86.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.5% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so RDU departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RDU that month were on time 85.9% of the time (4,983 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 39% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 85.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.3%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	RDU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	86.3%	—	77.5%	86.0%
Arrived on time	85.5%	—	77.1%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	2.3%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.4 min	—	17.6 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	166	—	152	18,793
Scheduled departures	4,986	—	55,461	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	904	18%	84.0%	2.5 min	0.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	888	18%	91.8%	-4.1 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	735	15%	87.1%	-0.9 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	576	12%	85.4%	-4.6 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	521	10%	89.6%	-5.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	440	9%	92.5%	-12.1 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	339	7%	80.8%	3.1 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	307	6%	71.7%	12.2 min	0.3%
MQ Envoy Air	128	3%	70.3%	14.8 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	51	1%	60.8%	31.5 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	44	1%	54.5%	32.5 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	1%	83.3%	-2.5 min	6.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RDU–ATL	Raleigh/Durham to Atlanta	391	86.7%	2.4 min	0.0%
RDU–JFK	Raleigh/Durham to New York	344	80.8%	0.4 min	0.0%
RDU–LGA	Raleigh/Durham to New York	310	87.1%	-3.7 min	0.0%
RDU–CLT	Raleigh/Durham to Charlotte	263	84.4%	0.8 min	0.0%
RDU–MCO	Raleigh/Durham to Orlando	256	86.3%	1.9 min	0.0%
RDU–EWR	Raleigh/Durham to Newark	248	92.3%	-10.1 min	0.0%
RDU–BOS	Raleigh/Durham to Boston	247	85.8%	-1.9 min	0.4%
RDU–ORD	Raleigh/Durham to Chicago	244	92.6%	-7.3 min	0.0%
RDU–DCA	Raleigh/Durham to Washington	234	76.5%	8.5 min	0.0%
RDU–BNA	Raleigh/Durham to Nashville	190	92.1%	-2.1 min	0.0%
RDU–DFW	Raleigh/Durham to Dallas/Fort Worth	188	84.6%	-4.1 min	0.5%
RDU–PHL	Raleigh/Durham to Philadelphia	187	82.9%	8.7 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	39.4%	42.5%	18,250
Late-arriving aircraft	43.9%	37.3%	20,341
National Aviation System	15.8%	16.2%	7,308
Extreme weather	0.8%	3.7%	373
Security	0.1%	0.3%	53

46,325 delay minutes on 714 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 November 2023?

86.3% of 4,986 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.