Reno/Tahoe International in May 2024

82.5%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,709 domestic departures from Reno/Tahoe International (RNO). 82.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.2% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so RNO departures were 9.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RNO that month were on time 78.2% of the time (1,709 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 82.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.4%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from RNO in May 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

May 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	RNO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	82.5%	—	80.6%	73.4%
Arrived on time	82.2%	—	80.2%	72.3%
Cancelled	1.1%	—	0.9%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.6 min	—	14.1 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	57	—	58	20,325
Scheduled departures	1,709	—	21,028	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	692	40%	84.5%	1.0 min	0.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	391	23%	85.9%	7.4 min	0.3%
AA American Airlines	189	11%	69.8%	24.7 min	7.4%
UA United Airlines	175	10%	77.1%	8.9 min	0.6%
NK Spirit Airlines	97	6%	87.6%	-3.9 min	1.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	62	4%	88.7%	-8.4 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	47	3%	72.3%	7.3 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	2%	96.8%	-16.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	25	1%	48.0%	40.3 min	4.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RNO–LAS	Reno to Las Vegas	379	84.2%	-0.4 min	0.5%
RNO–PHX	Reno to Phoenix	218	88.1%	6.3 min	0.9%
RNO–LAX	Reno to Los Angeles	217	93.5%	-6.0 min	0.0%
RNO–DEN	Reno to Denver	194	85.1%	0.7 min	0.5%
RNO–DFW	Reno to Dallas/Fort Worth	121	63.6%	33.6 min	9.9%
RNO–SFO	Reno to San Francisco	113	61.1%	29.3 min	0.0%
RNO–SLC	Reno to Salt Lake City	93	87.1%	-2.1 min	0.0%
RNO–SEA	Reno to Seattle	67	77.6%	6.7 min	0.0%
RNO–LGB	Reno to Long Beach	54	83.3%	-0.4 min	0.0%
RNO–OAK	Reno to Oakland	54	83.3%	7.6 min	0.0%
RNO–SAN	Reno to San Diego	53	83.0%	-1.4 min	0.0%
RNO–ORD	Reno to Chicago	32	78.1%	6.6 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.3%	29.8%	8,639
Late-arriving aircraft	39.2%	43.0%	9,081
National Aviation System	18.2%	20.1%	4,221
Extreme weather	5.3%	7.0%	1,222
Security	0.1%	0.1%	22

23,185 delay minutes on 281 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 May 2024?

82.5% of 1,709 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 2023 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 May 2024; 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.