Raleigh-Durham International in February 2026

78.6%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,954 domestic departures from Raleigh-Durham International (RDU). 78.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.0% reached their destination on time; 3.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so RDU departures were 0.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 3,848 departures with 81.8% leaving on time: a change of −3.2 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at RDU that month were on time 75.6% of the time (3,955 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 79.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.2%
Cancelled 3.7%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from RDU in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	RDU, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	78.6%	81.8%	77.5%	78.1%
Arrived on time	79.0%	80.2%	77.1%	78.3%
Cancelled	3.7%	2.6%	2.3%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.9 min	13.3 min	17.6 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	132	128	152	17,168
Scheduled departures	3,954	3,848	55,461	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	849	21%	84.7%	-2.1 min	1.8%
WN Southwest Airlines	637	16%	84.1%	-3.8 min	2.7%
YX Republic Airline	626	16%	69.2%	9.0 min	7.0%
AA American Airlines	562	14%	81.7%	9.7 min	2.1%
UA United Airlines	455	12%	86.4%	-1.2 min	2.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	279	7%	77.4%	1.4 min	3.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways	202	5%	69.8%	7.4 min	8.4%
MQ Envoy Air	153	4%	69.3%	23.5 min	2.6%
OH PSA Airlines	119	3%	61.3%	15.1 min	9.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	43	1%	60.5%	6.0 min	14.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	28	1%	75.0%	0.3 min	3.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	1	0%	100.0%	-15.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RDU–ATL	Raleigh/Durham to Atlanta	324	90.4%	-6.6 min	0.3%
RDU–ORD	Raleigh/Durham to Chicago	244	77.5%	14.0 min	1.2%
RDU–MCO	Raleigh/Durham to Orlando	232	76.3%	9.9 min	0.9%
RDU–CLT	Raleigh/Durham to Charlotte	216	83.3%	1.7 min	1.9%
RDU–LGA	Raleigh/Durham to New York	210	64.8%	13.4 min	9.5%
RDU–JFK	Raleigh/Durham to New York	185	66.5%	8.6 min	11.9%
RDU–MIA	Raleigh/Durham to Miami	183	73.8%	15.0 min	2.2%
RDU–PHL	Raleigh/Durham to Philadelphia	178	74.2%	3.7 min	8.4%
RDU–BNA	Raleigh/Durham to Nashville	167	87.4%	-2.6 min	1.2%
RDU–BOS	Raleigh/Durham to Boston	167	77.2%	-4.7 min	7.8%
RDU–DCA	Raleigh/Durham to Washington	161	54.7%	24.0 min	7.5%
RDU–EWR	Raleigh/Durham to Newark	157	79.0%	-3.4 min	7.0%

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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	33.0%	38.2%	17,092
Late-arriving aircraft	45.9%	37.2%	23,784
National Aviation System	19.4%	18.5%	10,028
Extreme weather	1.6%	6.0%	823
Security	0.1%	0.2%	47

51,774 delay minutes on 681 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 2026?

78.6% of 3,954 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 81.8% of 3,848 departures left on time and 2.6% were cancelled, against 78.6% and 3.7% in February 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for February 2026; 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.