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Airport month · October 2025
Raleigh-Durham International in October 2025
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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 4,929 domestic departures from Raleigh-Durham International (RDU). 80.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.4% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so RDU departures were level with the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 5,358 departures with 86.7% leaving on time: a change of −6.3 points, with flights down 8%.
Flights arriving at RDU that month were on time 77.7% of the time (4,932 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, national aviation system 32% and air carrier 21%.
- On time 78.4%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.8%
- Cancelled 0.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
October 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2025 | Oct 2024 | RDU, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.4% | 86.7% | 77.5% | 80.0% |
| Arrived on time | 78.4% | 85.9% | 77.1% | 79.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.6% | 0.9% | 2.3% | 0.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.2 min | 9.9 min | 17.6 min | 13.9 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 164 | 179 | 152 | 20,195 |
| Scheduled departures | 4,929 | 5,358 | 55,461 | 605,844 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DL Delta Air Lines | 1,109 | 22% | 87.3% | -0.9 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 912 | 19% | 79.5% | 8.5 min | 0.5% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 800 | 16% | 80.1% | 3.6 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 582 | 12% | 67.9% | 16.2 min | 1.5% |
| UA United Airlines | 568 | 12% | 78.9% | 7.2 min | 0.4% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 359 | 7% | 76.6% | 12.3 min | 0.8% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 256 | 5% | 76.2% | 5.6 min | 2.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 216 | 4% | 55.1% | 19.4 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 62 | 1% | 82.3% | 1.6 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 34 | 1% | 79.4% | -3.1 min | 2.9% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 31 | 1% | 64.5% | 12.8 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDU–ATL | Raleigh/Durham to Atlanta | 416 | 89.2% | -1.9 min | 0.0% |
| RDU–ORD | Raleigh/Durham to Chicago | 327 | 70.9% | 13.2 min | 0.3% |
| RDU–BOS | Raleigh/Durham to Boston | 291 | 70.1% | 12.7 min | 2.4% |
| RDU–LGA | Raleigh/Durham to New York | 269 | 59.1% | 25.0 min | 3.3% |
| RDU–CLT | Raleigh/Durham to Charlotte | 260 | 85.0% | 2.1 min | 0.0% |
| RDU–PHL | Raleigh/Durham to Philadelphia | 245 | 72.7% | 16.2 min | 0.8% |
| RDU–MCO | Raleigh/Durham to Orlando | 234 | 86.3% | 0.5 min | 0.0% |
| RDU–DFW | Raleigh/Durham to Dallas/Fort Worth | 214 | 78.0% | 8.0 min | 0.9% |
| RDU–BNA | Raleigh/Durham to Nashville | 195 | 77.9% | 8.1 min | 0.5% |
| RDU–JFK | Raleigh/Durham to New York | 195 | 72.3% | 14.0 min | 1.5% |
| RDU–MIA | Raleigh/Durham to Miami | 194 | 77.3% | 6.1 min | 0.5% |
| RDU–DCA | Raleigh/Durham to Washington | 178 | 48.3% | 22.6 min | 0.6% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left RDU on time in October 2025?
80.4% of 4,929 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In October 2024, 86.7% of 5,358 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 80.4% and 0.6% in October 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 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.