Raleigh-Durham International in January 2024

78.2%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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,490 domestic departures from Raleigh-Durham International (RDU). 78.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.0% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so RDU departures were 4.2 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RDU that month were on time 71.9% of the time (4,493 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.2%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from RDU in January 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Jan 2024	Year earlier	RDU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2024
Departed on time	78.2%	—	77.5%	74.0%
Arrived on time	76.0%	—	77.1%	72.9%
Cancelled	2.6%	—	2.3%	3.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.2 min	—	17.6 min	18.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	150	—	152	18,242
Scheduled departures	4,490	—	55,461	547,271

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	938	21%	74.6%	14.5 min	1.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	826	18%	80.1%	5.8 min	0.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	685	15%	76.8%	3.1 min	3.8%
YX Republic Airline	492	11%	81.7%	-0.2 min	4.1%
9E Endeavor Air	470	10%	69.4%	14.7 min	3.0%
UA United Airlines	395	9%	79.5%	4.4 min	5.8%
B6 JetBlue Airways	225	5%	66.7%	16.8 min	0.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines	215	5%	79.5%	3.9 min	1.4%
MQ Envoy Air	172	4%	69.8%	13.0 min	2.9%
AS Alaska Airlines	28	1%	57.1%	6.0 min	21.4%
NK Spirit Airlines	24	1%	37.5%	37.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	20	0%	90.0%	-11.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RDU–ATL	Raleigh/Durham to Atlanta	366	81.1%	4.1 min	0.5%
RDU–LGA	Raleigh/Durham to New York	302	77.8%	13.0 min	3.6%
RDU–CLT	Raleigh/Durham to Charlotte	300	76.0%	10.3 min	0.3%
RDU–JFK	Raleigh/Durham to New York	294	76.5%	5.7 min	2.0%
RDU–MCO	Raleigh/Durham to Orlando	230	73.9%	12.7 min	0.4%
RDU–DCA	Raleigh/Durham to Washington	227	66.5%	12.9 min	5.7%
RDU–ORD	Raleigh/Durham to Chicago	227	74.4%	12.6 min	4.4%
RDU–MIA	Raleigh/Durham to Miami	200	66.5%	19.7 min	0.5%
RDU–EWR	Raleigh/Durham to Newark	194	75.3%	0.2 min	7.2%
RDU–BOS	Raleigh/Durham to Boston	182	70.9%	20.7 min	1.1%
RDU–BNA	Raleigh/Durham to Nashville	171	76.6%	5.6 min	5.3%
RDU–DFW	Raleigh/Durham to Dallas/Fort Worth	171	69.0%	18.4 min	1.8%

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), January 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	29.0%	32.6%	21,595
Late-arriving aircraft	47.6%	39.0%	35,429
National Aviation System	21.4%	17.9%	15,938
Extreme weather	1.9%	10.3%	1,412
Security	0.1%	0.2%	97

74,471 delay minutes on 951 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 January 2024?

78.2% of 4,490 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.