Reno/Tahoe International in October 2024

86.7%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,860 domestic departures from Reno/Tahoe International (RNO). 86.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.7% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so RNO departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 1,725 departures with 86.3% leaving on time: a change of +0.4 points, with flights up 8%.

Flights arriving at RNO that month were on time 85.4% of the time (1,859 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 28%.

On time 84.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.0%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	RNO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	86.7%	86.3%	80.6%	85.5%
Arrived on time	84.7%	85.7%	80.2%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.1%	0.9%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.2 min	10.0 min	14.1 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	62	58	58	20,517
Scheduled departures	1,860	1,725	21,028	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	724	39%	82.9%	2.5 min	0.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	407	22%	86.5%	-1.8 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	206	11%	87.9%	-3.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	198	11%	91.4%	-2.2 min	0.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	122	7%	80.3%	5.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	97	5%	90.7%	-2.2 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	75	4%	65.3%	17.5 min	1.3%
MQ Envoy Air	31	2%	87.1%	-5.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RNO–LAS	Reno to Las Vegas	359	84.1%	0.1 min	0.3%
RNO–LAX	Reno to Los Angeles	300	89.0%	-3.0 min	0.0%
RNO–DEN	Reno to Denver	202	90.1%	-3.2 min	0.5%
RNO–PHX	Reno to Phoenix	196	89.8%	-2.1 min	0.0%
RNO–SFO	Reno to San Francisco	147	79.6%	3.5 min	0.0%
RNO–DFW	Reno to Dallas/Fort Worth	118	89.0%	-6.8 min	0.0%
RNO–SEA	Reno to Seattle	94	70.2%	12.2 min	1.1%
RNO–SLC	Reno to Salt Lake City	92	92.4%	-8.1 min	0.0%
RNO–SAN	Reno to San Diego	74	68.9%	17.6 min	2.7%
RNO–LGB	Reno to Long Beach	62	75.8%	10.7 min	0.0%
RNO–BUR	Reno to Burbank	51	76.5%	6.7 min	0.0%
RNO–OAK	Reno to Oakland	43	93.0%	-1.5 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	30.0%	42.7%	4,471
Late-arriving aircraft	35.6%	37.4%	5,312
National Aviation System	27.5%	16.3%	4,104
Extreme weather	6.3%	3.4%	941
Security	0.5%	0.2%	74

14,902 delay minutes on 279 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 2024?

86.7% of 1,860 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 86.3% of 1,725 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 86.7% and 0.3% in October 2024.

Provenance

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