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Airport month · October 2024
Raleigh-Durham International in October 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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 5,358 domestic departures from Raleigh-Durham International (RDU). 86.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.9% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so RDU departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 5,547 departures with 85.7% leaving on time: a change of +1.0 points, with flights down 3%.
Flights arriving at RDU that month were on time 85.1% of the time (5,360 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 85.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.2%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2024 | Oct 2023 | RDU, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 86.7% | 85.7% | 77.5% | 85.5% |
| Arrived on time | 85.9% | 85.6% | 77.1% | 85.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 0.2% | 2.3% | 1.0% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.9 min | 11.0 min | 17.6 min | 9.4 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 179 | 185 | 152 | 20,517 |
| Scheduled departures | 5,358 | 5,547 | 55,461 | 615,497 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,003 | 19% | 92.6% | -8.1 min | 1.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 1,000 | 19% | 81.6% | 5.1 min | 0.5% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 755 | 14% | 90.2% | -4.5 min | 1.1% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 547 | 10% | 85.7% | -1.4 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 457 | 9% | 86.9% | -3.4 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 440 | 8% | 89.8% | -2.4 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 428 | 8% | 68.9% | 11.7 min | 4.2% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 285 | 5% | 81.4% | 2.5 min | 1.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 148 | 3% | 92.6% | 4.8 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 122 | 2% | 83.6% | 5.9 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 102 | 2% | 83.3% | 1.5 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 40 | 1% | 82.5% | 1.3 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDU–ATL | Raleigh/Durham to Atlanta | 423 | 90.5% | -4.1 min | 0.0% |
| RDU–LGA | Raleigh/Durham to New York | 367 | 77.9% | 6.8 min | 0.3% |
| RDU–JFK | Raleigh/Durham to New York | 344 | 85.5% | -2.1 min | 0.0% |
| RDU–CLT | Raleigh/Durham to Charlotte | 319 | 78.7% | 6.6 min | 0.0% |
| RDU–ORD | Raleigh/Durham to Chicago | 307 | 88.6% | -2.2 min | 0.3% |
| RDU–BOS | Raleigh/Durham to Boston | 294 | 86.1% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
| RDU–PHL | Raleigh/Durham to Philadelphia | 245 | 77.1% | 15.7 min | 0.8% |
| RDU–EWR | Raleigh/Durham to Newark | 233 | 80.7% | 8.0 min | 0.0% |
| RDU–DCA | Raleigh/Durham to Washington | 232 | 79.7% | 2.9 min | 0.0% |
| RDU–MCO | Raleigh/Durham to Orlando | 215 | 81.4% | -1.5 min | 8.8% |
| RDU–BNA | Raleigh/Durham to Nashville | 212 | 94.8% | -8.9 min | 0.0% |
| RDU–MIA | Raleigh/Durham to Miami | 194 | 82.0% | 11.1 min | 2.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left RDU on time in October 2024?
86.7% of 5,358 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2023, 85.7% of 5,547 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 86.7% and 0.9% in October 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.