Reno/Tahoe International in September 2023

81.6%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 September 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,653 domestic departures from Reno/Tahoe International (RNO). 81.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.6% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.1% arrived on time, so RNO departures were 1.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RNO that month were on time 81.1% of the time (1,654 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 42% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 82.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.7%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2023	Year earlier	RNO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2023
Departed on time	81.6%	—	80.6%	80.5%
Arrived on time	82.6%	—	80.2%	80.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	0.9%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.7 min	—	14.1 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	55	—	58	18,978
Scheduled departures	1,653	—	21,028	569,338

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	721	44%	79.3%	4.6 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	311	19%	91.3%	0.4 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	181	11%	85.6%	9.2 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	142	9%	86.6%	4.1 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	74	4%	85.1%	-6.5 min	1.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	67	4%	79.1%	6.0 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	66	4%	77.3%	5.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	48	3%	72.9%	4.6 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	35	2%	68.6%	9.1 min	2.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	8	0%	75.0%	13.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RNO–LAS	Reno to Las Vegas	368	76.6%	5.7 min	1.6%
RNO–LAX	Reno to Los Angeles	238	87.0%	0.0 min	0.4%
RNO–DEN	Reno to Denver	210	82.4%	4.6 min	0.0%
RNO–PHX	Reno to Phoenix	177	88.7%	-3.4 min	0.0%
RNO–SFO	Reno to San Francisco	117	88.0%	6.9 min	0.0%
RNO–DFW	Reno to Dallas/Fort Worth	91	82.4%	22.4 min	1.1%
RNO–SLC	Reno to Salt Lake City	90	83.3%	0.9 min	0.0%
RNO–SEA	Reno to Seattle	66	77.3%	5.7 min	0.0%
RNO–SAN	Reno to San Diego	63	82.5%	3.8 min	0.0%
RNO–LGB	Reno to Long Beach	59	83.1%	3.0 min	0.0%
RNO–OAK	Reno to Oakland	52	90.4%	-0.6 min	0.0%
RNO–BUR	Reno to Burbank	30	96.7%	-7.9 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), September 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	43.2%	36.4%	7,941
Late-arriving aircraft	42.1%	38.3%	7,737
National Aviation System	14.1%	19.9%	2,593
Extreme weather	0.7%	5.1%	120
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

18,391 delay minutes on 276 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 September 2023?

81.6% of 1,653 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

September 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 September 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.