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Airport month · December 2024
Reno/Tahoe International in December 2024
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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,773 domestic departures from Reno/Tahoe International (RNO). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.3% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so RNO departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 1,640 departures with 86.5% leaving on time: a change of −4.6 points, with flights up 8%.
Flights arriving at RNO that month were on time 79.7% of the time (1,773 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 81.3%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.5%
- Cancelled 0.7%
- Diverted 0.5%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | RNO, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 81.9% | 86.5% | 80.6% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 81.3% | 86.6% | 80.2% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 12.2 min | 10.8 min | 14.1 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 59 | 55 | 58 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,773 | 1,640 | 21,028 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 725 | 41% | 85.2% | 2.0 min | 1.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 485 | 27% | 75.9% | 9.1 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 175 | 10% | 84.0% | 0.8 min | 0.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 172 | 10% | 84.3% | -6.0 min | 1.7% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 87 | 5% | 80.5% | 0.2 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 84 | 5% | 72.6% | 5.9 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 31 | 2% | 83.9% | 1.6 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 13 | 1% | 46.2% | 39.9 min | 7.7% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 1 | 0% | 100.0% | -5.0 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RNO–LAS | Reno to Las Vegas | 335 | 86.3% | -0.9 min | 0.0% |
| RNO–LAX | Reno to Los Angeles | 270 | 79.3% | 4.8 min | 0.0% |
| RNO–PHX | Reno to Phoenix | 201 | 86.6% | 2.8 min | 0.0% |
| RNO–DEN | Reno to Denver | 195 | 89.2% | -2.5 min | 0.5% |
| RNO–SFO | Reno to San Francisco | 150 | 77.3% | 7.2 min | 0.0% |
| RNO–DFW | Reno to Dallas/Fort Worth | 101 | 77.2% | -2.3 min | 3.0% |
| RNO–SLC | Reno to Salt Lake City | 90 | 82.2% | 8.1 min | 0.0% |
| RNO–SAN | Reno to San Diego | 82 | 59.8% | 23.8 min | 3.7% |
| RNO–LGB | Reno to Long Beach | 68 | 70.6% | 13.7 min | 1.5% |
| RNO–PDX | Reno to Portland | 60 | 88.3% | -0.5 min | 0.0% |
| RNO–OAK | Reno to Oakland | 39 | 92.3% | -0.9 min | 0.0% |
| RNO–BUR | Reno to Burbank | 31 | 80.6% | -3.4 min | 3.2% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left RNO on time in December 2024?
81.9% of 1,773 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 86.5% of 1,640 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 81.9% and 0.7% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.