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Airport month · November 2024
Raleigh-Durham International in November 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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 5,064 domestic departures from Raleigh-Durham International (RDU). 87.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.6% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so RDU departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 4,986 departures with 86.3% leaving on time: a change of +1.0 points, with flights up 2%.
Flights arriving at RDU that month were on time 86.4% of the time (5,060 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, national aviation system 35% and air carrier 27%.
- On time 85.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.3%
- Cancelled 0.1%
- Diverted 0.0%
November 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Nov 2024 | Nov 2023 | RDU, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Nov 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 87.3% | 86.3% | 77.5% | 85.2% |
| Arrived on time | 85.6% | 85.5% | 77.1% | 84.8% |
| Cancelled | 0.1% | 0.1% | 2.3% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.4 min | 10.4 min | 17.6 min | 10.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 169 | 166 | 152 | 19,180 |
| Scheduled departures | 5,064 | 4,986 | 55,461 | 575,404 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 926 | 18% | 90.8% | -7.3 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 804 | 16% | 83.3% | 3.2 min | 0.2% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 776 | 15% | 91.9% | -7.3 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 536 | 11% | 79.1% | 5.1 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 518 | 10% | 87.5% | -3.2 min | 0.0% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 496 | 10% | 83.7% | -1.2 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 434 | 9% | 77.9% | 6.1 min | 0.5% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 280 | 6% | 82.1% | -1.5 min | 0.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 109 | 2% | 87.2% | -4.6 min | 0.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 71 | 1% | 81.7% | -2.3 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 45 | 1% | 86.7% | -1.5 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 40 | 1% | 80.0% | 1.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDU–ATL | Raleigh/Durham to Atlanta | 395 | 87.8% | -3.0 min | 0.3% |
| RDU–JFK | Raleigh/Durham to New York | 338 | 87.0% | -2.7 min | 0.0% |
| RDU–LGA | Raleigh/Durham to New York | 335 | 83.9% | -0.3 min | 0.3% |
| RDU–CLT | Raleigh/Durham to Charlotte | 274 | 82.5% | 5.1 min | 0.0% |
| RDU–ORD | Raleigh/Durham to Chicago | 270 | 88.1% | -7.8 min | 0.4% |
| RDU–BOS | Raleigh/Durham to Boston | 258 | 89.9% | -8.5 min | 0.0% |
| RDU–EWR | Raleigh/Durham to Newark | 246 | 60.2% | 26.8 min | 0.0% |
| RDU–DCA | Raleigh/Durham to Washington | 231 | 75.3% | 4.9 min | 0.0% |
| RDU–PHL | Raleigh/Durham to Philadelphia | 207 | 81.6% | 0.3 min | 0.0% |
| RDU–BNA | Raleigh/Durham to Nashville | 192 | 92.7% | -7.8 min | 0.0% |
| RDU–MCO | Raleigh/Durham to Orlando | 189 | 87.8% | -6.3 min | 0.0% |
| RDU–MIA | Raleigh/Durham to Miami | 189 | 84.7% | 0.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left RDU on time in November 2024?
87.3% of 5,064 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In November 2023, 86.3% of 4,986 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 87.3% and 0.1% in November 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for November 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.