Reno/Tahoe International in October 2023

86.3%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,725 domestic departures from Reno/Tahoe International (RNO). 86.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.7% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so RNO departures were 2.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RNO that month were on time 83.9% of the time (1,725 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 19%.

On time 85.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.1%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	RNO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	86.3%	—	80.6%	83.8%
Arrived on time	85.7%	—	80.2%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.1%	—	0.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.0 min	—	14.1 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	58	—	58	19,966
Scheduled departures	1,725	—	21,028	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	770	45%	84.2%	0.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	328	19%	88.4%	3.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	185	11%	91.4%	-1.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	155	9%	86.5%	3.3 min	1.3%
NK Spirit Airlines	90	5%	86.7%	-4.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	64	4%	95.3%	-8.0 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	62	4%	88.7%	-1.8 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	2%	67.7%	8.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	31	2%	61.3%	10.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	1%	33.3%	26.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RNO–LAS	Reno to Las Vegas	404	80.7%	2.4 min	0.0%
RNO–LAX	Reno to Los Angeles	221	82.8%	1.5 min	0.0%
RNO–DEN	Reno to Denver	211	88.2%	-0.4 min	0.0%
RNO–PHX	Reno to Phoenix	190	87.4%	5.5 min	0.0%
RNO–SFO	Reno to San Francisco	124	93.5%	1.8 min	0.0%
RNO–SEA	Reno to Seattle	93	87.1%	-1.0 min	0.0%
RNO–DFW	Reno to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	85.6%	0.6 min	2.2%
RNO–SLC	Reno to Salt Lake City	89	95.5%	-8.3 min	0.0%
RNO–SAN	Reno to San Diego	78	76.9%	3.9 min	0.0%
RNO–LGB	Reno to Long Beach	58	84.5%	2.6 min	0.0%
RNO–OAK	Reno to Oakland	53	98.1%	-9.6 min	0.0%
RNO–BUR	Reno to Burbank	31	93.5%	-8.7 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	28.5%	41.3%	4,453
Late-arriving aircraft	48.6%	40.5%	7,590
National Aviation System	18.8%	14.4%	2,942
Extreme weather	3.9%	3.7%	611
Security	0.1%	0.2%	22

15,618 delay minutes on 243 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 October 2023?

86.3% of 1,725 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.