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Airport month · July 2024
Raleigh-Durham International in July 2024
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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 5,667 domestic departures from Raleigh-Durham International (RDU). 66.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.3% reached their destination on time; 4.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so RDU departures were 2.0 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at RDU that month were on time 63.4% of the time (5,668 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 19%.
- On time 66.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.2%
- Cancelled 4.3%
- Diverted 0.3%
July 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jul 2024 | Year earlier | RDU, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jul 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 66.5% | — | 77.5% | 68.5% |
| Arrived on time | 66.3% | — | 77.1% | 68.1% |
| Cancelled | 4.3% | — | 2.3% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 26.9 min | — | 17.6 min | 24.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 189 | — | 152 | 21,154 |
| Scheduled departures | 5,667 | — | 55,461 | 634,613 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA American Airlines | 1,101 | 19% | 62.3% | 30.7 min | 3.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,057 | 19% | 69.7% | 17.9 min | 6.5% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 815 | 14% | 67.0% | 14.1 min | 0.5% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 573 | 10% | 60.6% | 21.5 min | 5.8% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 556 | 10% | 56.1% | 26.3 min | 11.3% |
| YX Republic Airline | 495 | 9% | 76.0% | 10.0 min | 1.4% |
| UA United Airlines | 463 | 8% | 71.9% | 17.8 min | 4.3% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 271 | 5% | 72.0% | 15.7 min | 1.5% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 133 | 2% | 58.6% | 19.4 min | 0.8% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 67 | 1% | 82.1% | 4.8 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 62 | 1% | 82.3% | 2.3 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 43 | 1% | 67.4% | 13.6 min | 7.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDU–ATL | Raleigh/Durham to Atlanta | 423 | 65.5% | 26.0 min | 5.4% |
| RDU–LGA | Raleigh/Durham to New York | 366 | 60.7% | 28.6 min | 8.5% |
| RDU–JFK | Raleigh/Durham to New York | 341 | 65.4% | 19.4 min | 6.5% |
| RDU–CLT | Raleigh/Durham to Charlotte | 331 | 52.9% | 47.1 min | 6.0% |
| RDU–ORD | Raleigh/Durham to Chicago | 281 | 72.2% | 12.9 min | 2.8% |
| RDU–BOS | Raleigh/Durham to Boston | 268 | 75.7% | 3.6 min | 2.2% |
| RDU–MCO | Raleigh/Durham to Orlando | 242 | 63.2% | 22.8 min | 3.7% |
| RDU–DCA | Raleigh/Durham to Washington | 230 | 63.9% | 19.7 min | 4.8% |
| RDU–PHL | Raleigh/Durham to Philadelphia | 220 | 61.4% | 21.9 min | 5.0% |
| RDU–EWR | Raleigh/Durham to Newark | 217 | 56.7% | 30.1 min | 7.8% |
| RDU–MIA | Raleigh/Durham to Miami | 217 | 70.5% | 16.3 min | 2.8% |
| RDU–BNA | Raleigh/Durham to Nashville | 202 | 74.8% | 14.0 min | 1.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left RDU on time in July 2024?
66.5% of 5,667 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
July 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 July 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.