Raleigh-Durham International in February 2024

87.3%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 4,247 domestic departures from Raleigh-Durham International (RDU). 87.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.0% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so RDU departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RDU that month were on time 83.8% of the time (4,246 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 86.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.4%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	RDU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	87.3%	—	77.5%	84.0%
Arrived on time	86.0%	—	77.1%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	2.3%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.1 min	—	17.6 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	142	—	152	17,307
Scheduled departures	4,247	—	55,461	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
AA American Airlines	884	21%	82.6%	3.1 min	0.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	771	18%	87.5%	-4.2 min	0.1%
WN Southwest Airlines	630	15%	89.0%	-5.4 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	514	12%	84.6%	-0.3 min	1.4%
UA United Airlines	417	10%	87.5%	-3.7 min	0.5%
YX Republic Airline	409	10%	90.0%	-5.3 min	0.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways	217	5%	77.4%	5.5 min	1.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	173	4%	83.8%	4.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	147	3%	91.8%	-6.2 min	1.4%
OH PSA Airlines	37	1%	86.5%	-2.9 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	27	1%	88.9%	-16.1 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	21	0%	61.9%	18.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RDU–ATL	Raleigh/Durham to Atlanta	341	91.5%	-7.6 min	0.0%
RDU–LGA	Raleigh/Durham to New York	312	79.8%	8.2 min	3.2%
RDU–JFK	Raleigh/Durham to New York	293	84.3%	1.6 min	1.0%
RDU–CLT	Raleigh/Durham to Charlotte	283	86.6%	-2.2 min	0.0%
RDU–DCA	Raleigh/Durham to Washington	227	87.2%	-2.8 min	0.0%
RDU–ORD	Raleigh/Durham to Chicago	213	87.8%	-6.0 min	0.5%
RDU–MCO	Raleigh/Durham to Orlando	212	80.2%	6.2 min	0.0%
RDU–EWR	Raleigh/Durham to Newark	205	87.8%	-7.1 min	1.0%
RDU–BOS	Raleigh/Durham to Boston	178	82.6%	-0.6 min	1.1%
RDU–MIA	Raleigh/Durham to Miami	175	79.4%	2.7 min	0.0%
RDU–DFW	Raleigh/Durham to Dallas/Fort Worth	164	86.6%	-4.5 min	0.0%
RDU–BNA	Raleigh/Durham to Nashville	160	93.8%	-8.3 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	27.1%	35.9%	9,575
Late-arriving aircraft	48.7%	36.9%	17,194
National Aviation System	24.1%	21.7%	8,503
Extreme weather	0.1%	5.3%	43
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

35,315 delay minutes on 568 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 February 2024?

87.3% of 4,247 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 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 February 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.