On-Time Report

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Airport month · June 2025

Raleigh-Durham International in June 2025

72.8%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 June 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 4,864 domestic departures from Raleigh-Durham International (RDU). 72.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.0% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 71.4% of flights departed on time and 70.3% arrived on time, so RDU departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in June 2024, the airport had 5,509 departures with 74.8% leaving on time: a change of −2.0 points, with flights down 12%.

Flights arriving at RDU that month were on time 67.8% of the time (4,860 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, national aviation system 28% and air carrier 23%.

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

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

MeasureJun 2025Jun 2024RDU, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jun 2025
Departed on time72.8%74.8%77.5%71.4%
Arrived on time72.0%74.1%77.1%70.3%
Cancelled2.1%2.2%2.3%1.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)22.5 min19.7 min17.6 min22.1 min
Scheduled departures a day16218415220,386
Scheduled departures4,8645,50955,461611,575

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines1,04622%78.9%6.8 min1.1%
AA American Airlines95820%71.6%19.0 min2.0%
WN Southwest Airlines82117%75.0%7.7 min0.7%
YX Republic Airline70314%63.6%27.0 min4.8%
UA United Airlines48410%76.7%14.3 min0.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines3527%57.4%32.4 min4.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways2335%74.2%3.9 min0.9%
NK Spirit Airlines852%76.5%-2.1 min8.2%
OH PSA Airlines691%56.5%47.0 min7.2%
AS Alaska Airlines601%68.3%9.7 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air451%73.3%8.0 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines80%50.0%76.6 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
RDU–ATLRaleigh/Durham to Atlanta38776.0%10.9 min1.8%
RDU–CLTRaleigh/Durham to Charlotte28770.0%21.3 min3.5%
RDU–ORDRaleigh/Durham to Chicago27271.3%17.5 min0.7%
RDU–BOSRaleigh/Durham to Boston23875.6%5.4 min0.0%
RDU–LGARaleigh/Durham to New York23858.4%37.4 min8.4%
RDU–MCORaleigh/Durham to Orlando22074.1%17.2 min2.3%
RDU–MIARaleigh/Durham to Miami21874.8%8.8 min0.9%
RDU–PHLRaleigh/Durham to Philadelphia21163.0%31.5 min0.9%
RDU–JFKRaleigh/Durham to New York20466.2%13.8 min2.5%
RDU–DFWRaleigh/Durham to Dallas/Fort Worth19965.3%19.6 min2.5%
RDU–DENRaleigh/Durham to Denver17864.0%14.3 min1.1%
RDU–BNARaleigh/Durham to Nashville16675.3%7.1 min0.0%

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), June 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jun 2025Minutes
Air carrier22.9%31.6%24,454
Late-arriving aircraft42.2%40.6%44,999
National Aviation System28.2%20.9%30,156
Extreme weather6.7%6.9%7,115
Security0.0%0.2%32
106,756 delay minutes on 1,250 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left RDU on time in June 2025?

72.8% of 4,864 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 71.4% and 70.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In June 2024, 74.8% of 5,509 departures left on time and 2.2% were cancelled, against 72.8% and 2.1% in June 2025.

Provenance

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