Reno/Tahoe International in April 2025

85.4%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,694 domestic departures from Reno/Tahoe International (RNO). 85.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.4% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so RNO departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 1,638 departures with 83.2% leaving on time: a change of +2.2 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at RNO that month were on time 83.0% of the time (1,694 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 34%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and air carrier 29%.

On time 83.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.9%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from RNO in April 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

April 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	RNO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	85.4%	83.2%	80.6%	80.6%
Arrived on time	83.4%	81.9%	80.2%	79.5%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.2%	0.9%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.6 min	14.3 min	14.1 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	57	55	58	19,465
Scheduled departures	1,694	1,638	21,028	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	705	42%	85.0%	-1.3 min	0.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	394	23%	83.8%	-1.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	217	13%	78.8%	2.1 min	2.3%
UA United Airlines	180	11%	80.0%	6.7 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	90	5%	90.0%	10.0 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	30	2%	93.3%	-13.0 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	29	2%	72.4%	2.3 min	3.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	26	2%	65.4%	14.1 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	23	1%	95.7%	-14.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RNO–LAS	Reno to Las Vegas	316	84.5%	-1.4 min	0.3%
RNO–DEN	Reno to Denver	222	79.7%	7.2 min	0.5%
RNO–PHX	Reno to Phoenix	211	87.7%	-3.4 min	0.0%
RNO–LAX	Reno to Los Angeles	202	91.1%	-6.6 min	0.0%
RNO–SFO	Reno to San Francisco	171	80.1%	0.1 min	0.0%
RNO–DFW	Reno to Dallas/Fort Worth	116	73.3%	3.3 min	4.3%
RNO–SAN	Reno to San Diego	99	63.6%	11.5 min	1.0%
RNO–SLC	Reno to Salt Lake City	90	93.3%	8.6 min	0.0%
RNO–LGB	Reno to Long Beach	60	96.7%	-8.8 min	0.0%
RNO–OAK	Reno to Oakland	50	88.0%	-5.5 min	0.0%
RNO–ATL	Reno to Atlanta	30	83.3%	3.1 min	0.0%
RNO–ORD	Reno to Chicago	30	86.7%	3.1 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.4%	32.7%	4,580
Late-arriving aircraft	33.3%	39.4%	5,187
National Aviation System	34.3%	22.2%	5,330
Extreme weather	2.7%	5.5%	421
Security	0.2%	0.2%	36

15,554 delay minutes on 269 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 April 2025?

85.4% of 1,694 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 83.2% of 1,638 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 85.4% and 0.5% in April 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 2025; 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.