Raleigh-Durham International in February 2025

81.8%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 3,848 domestic departures from Raleigh-Durham International (RDU). 81.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.2% reached their destination on time; 2.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so RDU departures were 2.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 4,247 departures with 87.3% leaving on time: a change of −5.5 points, with flights down 9%.

Flights arriving at RDU that month were on time 78.6% of the time (3,848 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 26% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 80.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
Cancelled 2.6%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from RDU in February 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	RDU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	81.8%	87.3%	77.5%	79.2%
Arrived on time	80.2%	86.0%	77.1%	77.9%
Cancelled	2.6%	0.5%	2.3%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.3 min	9.1 min	17.6 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	128	142	152	16,830
Scheduled departures	3,848	4,247	55,461	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	803	21%	85.3%	-4.2 min	0.1%
AA American Airlines	745	19%	83.4%	2.6 min	3.4%
WN Southwest Airlines	621	16%	84.4%	-2.6 min	0.5%
YX Republic Airline	506	13%	75.3%	6.8 min	6.9%
UA United Airlines	392	10%	77.6%	6.3 min	1.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	234	6%	69.7%	16.2 min	2.1%
B6 JetBlue Airways	217	6%	78.3%	3.9 min	4.1%
MQ Envoy Air	127	3%	72.4%	7.5 min	3.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	102	3%	85.3%	5.1 min	2.9%
OH PSA Airlines	54	1%	42.6%	27.9 min	16.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	24	1%	70.8%	7.7 min	4.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	23	1%	82.6%	-5.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RDU–ATL	Raleigh/Durham to Atlanta	322	84.8%	-2.1 min	0.9%
RDU–CLT	Raleigh/Durham to Charlotte	274	84.7%	-3.7 min	3.3%
RDU–ORD	Raleigh/Durham to Chicago	214	78.0%	5.4 min	1.9%
RDU–MIA	Raleigh/Durham to Miami	208	85.6%	0.9 min	2.4%
RDU–MCO	Raleigh/Durham to Orlando	200	79.5%	1.3 min	1.0%
RDU–BOS	Raleigh/Durham to Boston	198	80.3%	-4.4 min	3.5%
RDU–LGA	Raleigh/Durham to New York	197	73.1%	17.9 min	5.6%
RDU–JFK	Raleigh/Durham to New York	165	75.2%	8.2 min	7.3%
RDU–PHL	Raleigh/Durham to Philadelphia	165	68.5%	26.8 min	5.5%
RDU–DCA	Raleigh/Durham to Washington	158	58.2%	15.7 min	10.1%
RDU–DFW	Raleigh/Durham to Dallas/Fort Worth	149	81.2%	3.4 min	3.4%
RDU–EWR	Raleigh/Durham to Newark	135	72.6%	9.9 min	3.7%

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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	25.7%	33.9%	12,589
Late-arriving aircraft	45.2%	36.9%	22,117
National Aviation System	23.2%	22.5%	11,333
Extreme weather	5.8%	6.6%	2,836
Security	0.2%	0.1%	76

48,951 delay minutes on 657 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 2025?

81.8% of 3,848 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 87.3% of 4,247 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 81.8% and 2.6% in February 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2025; 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.