Reno/Tahoe International in September 2024

85.0%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,869 domestic departures from Reno/Tahoe International (RNO). 85.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.6% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so RNO departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 1,653 departures with 81.6% leaving on time: a change of +3.4 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at RNO that month were on time 83.7% of the time (1,868 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 83.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.1%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	RNO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	85.0%	81.6%	80.6%	84.4%
Arrived on time	83.6%	82.6%	80.2%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.5%	0.9%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.5 min	12.7 min	14.1 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	62	55	58	19,421
Scheduled departures	1,869	1,653	21,028	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	756	40%	84.5%	1.6 min	0.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	343	18%	82.5%	5.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	227	12%	86.3%	-0.5 min	1.3%
AA American Airlines	200	11%	77.0%	8.2 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	118	6%	89.0%	1.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	104	6%	86.5%	0.5 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	90	5%	76.7%	1.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	31	2%	87.1%	29.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RNO–LAS	Reno to Las Vegas	357	85.7%	1.7 min	0.0%
RNO–DEN	Reno to Denver	230	85.2%	0.0 min	0.9%
RNO–LAX	Reno to Los Angeles	230	90.4%	3.3 min	0.0%
RNO–PHX	Reno to Phoenix	182	83.5%	6.2 min	0.5%
RNO–SEA	Reno to Seattle	146	67.8%	8.2 min	0.0%
RNO–SFO	Reno to San Francisco	122	85.2%	0.2 min	0.0%
RNO–DFW	Reno to Dallas/Fort Worth	119	73.9%	10.8 min	0.0%
RNO–SLC	Reno to Salt Lake City	90	88.9%	-2.6 min	0.0%
RNO–SAN	Reno to San Diego	77	77.9%	8.3 min	0.0%
RNO–LGB	Reno to Long Beach	59	89.8%	-2.1 min	0.0%
RNO–BUR	Reno to Burbank	47	85.1%	0.1 min	0.0%
RNO–OAK	Reno to Oakland	43	88.4%	-1.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.0%	38.6%	5,957
Late-arriving aircraft	40.6%	38.4%	7,339
National Aviation System	21.0%	18.2%	3,799
Extreme weather	4.9%	4.8%	889
Security	0.5%	0.1%	87

18,071 delay minutes on 301 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 2024?

85.0% of 1,869 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 81.6% of 1,653 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 85.0% and 0.2% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 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.