Reno/Tahoe International in August 2023

79.5%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,891 domestic departures from Reno/Tahoe International (RNO). 79.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.8% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so RNO departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RNO that month were on time 76.6% of the time (1,891 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 79.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.3%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from RNO in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	RNO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	79.5%	—	80.6%	76.7%
Arrived on time	79.8%	—	80.2%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.5%	—	0.9%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.0 min	—	14.1 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	63	—	58	20,100
Scheduled departures	1,891	—	21,028	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	772	41%	76.9%	4.4 min	2.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	378	20%	88.1%	3.4 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	229	12%	82.5%	9.5 min	0.9%
UA United Airlines	184	10%	83.2%	0.0 min	0.5%
AS Alaska Airlines	93	5%	84.9%	-4.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	75	4%	80.0%	2.6 min	2.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	62	3%	48.4%	56.4 min	3.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	62	3%	79.0%	0.9 min	1.6%
MQ Envoy Air	27	1%	70.4%	11.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	0%	33.3%	27.9 min	11.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RNO–LAS	Reno to Las Vegas	390	75.4%	4.3 min	3.6%
RNO–LAX	Reno to Los Angeles	273	83.9%	3.0 min	0.4%
RNO–DEN	Reno to Denver	234	82.5%	1.3 min	0.0%
RNO–PHX	Reno to Phoenix	174	82.8%	9.2 min	1.1%
RNO–SFO	Reno to San Francisco	124	83.9%	9.8 min	0.0%
RNO–DFW	Reno to Dallas/Fort Worth	122	77.9%	7.3 min	0.8%
RNO–SEA	Reno to Seattle	93	84.9%	-4.1 min	0.0%
RNO–SLC	Reno to Salt Lake City	93	88.2%	-1.8 min	1.1%
RNO–SAN	Reno to San Diego	64	67.2%	9.7 min	4.7%
RNO–LGB	Reno to Long Beach	60	90.0%	2.1 min	1.7%
RNO–OAK	Reno to Oakland	56	85.7%	-3.9 min	1.8%
RNO–PDX	Reno to Portland	34	88.2%	1.1 min	0.0%

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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	33.6%	36.7%	7,983
Late-arriving aircraft	47.3%	42.2%	11,212
National Aviation System	15.9%	15.7%	3,770
Extreme weather	2.7%	5.1%	643
Security	0.5%	0.2%	118

23,726 delay minutes on 346 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 RNO on time in August 2023?

79.5% of 1,891 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for RNO · methodology · corrections.