Reno/Tahoe International in December 2023

86.5%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,640 domestic departures from Reno/Tahoe International (RNO). 86.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.6% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so RNO departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RNO that month were on time 84.7% of the time (1,640 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 53%, national aviation system 21% and air carrier 19%.

On time 86.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.0%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	RNO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	86.5%	—	80.6%	83.1%
Arrived on time	86.6%	—	80.2%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	0.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.8 min	—	14.1 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	55	—	58	19,013
Scheduled departures	1,640	—	21,028	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	763	47%	89.0%	-3.0 min	0.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	322	20%	85.7%	4.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	178	11%	85.4%	1.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	159	10%	84.9%	4.9 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	55	3%	78.2%	-2.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	47	3%	93.6%	-1.2 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	42	3%	64.3%	16.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	35	2%	94.3%	-8.8 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	2%	80.6%	-6.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	8	0%	87.5%	1.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RNO–LAS	Reno to Las Vegas	379	87.3%	-3.8 min	0.8%
RNO–LAX	Reno to Los Angeles	206	84.0%	8.5 min	0.0%
RNO–DEN	Reno to Denver	200	90.0%	-2.1 min	0.0%
RNO–PHX	Reno to Phoenix	181	87.3%	1.7 min	0.0%
RNO–SFO	Reno to San Francisco	110	76.4%	10.6 min	0.0%
RNO–SLC	Reno to Salt Lake City	94	94.7%	-5.4 min	0.0%
RNO–DFW	Reno to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	89.2%	-5.8 min	0.0%
RNO–SAN	Reno to San Diego	67	79.1%	9.0 min	0.0%
RNO–LGB	Reno to Long Beach	64	96.9%	-7.1 min	0.0%
RNO–OAK	Reno to Oakland	57	87.7%	-1.7 min	0.0%
RNO–SEA	Reno to Seattle	35	80.0%	-5.8 min	0.0%
RNO–BUR	Reno to Burbank	31	93.5%	-3.8 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	18.6%	37.1%	3,055
Late-arriving aircraft	52.6%	38.8%	8,656
National Aviation System	20.8%	17.6%	3,427
Extreme weather	7.9%	6.2%	1,300
Security	0.1%	0.3%	15

16,453 delay minutes on 214 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 December 2023?

86.5% of 1,640 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.