Reno/Tahoe International in May 2025

83.7%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,783 domestic departures from Reno/Tahoe International (RNO). 83.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.9% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so RNO departures were 7.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 1,709 departures with 82.5% leaving on time: a change of +1.2 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at RNO that month were on time 79.1% of the time (1,786 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 47%, national aviation system 33% and air carrier 19%.

On time 81.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.1%
Cancelled 0.8%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	RNO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	83.7%	82.5%	80.6%	76.7%
Arrived on time	81.9%	82.2%	80.2%	75.4%
Cancelled	0.8%	1.1%	0.9%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.9 min	14.6 min	14.1 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	59	57	58	20,188
Scheduled departures	1,783	1,709	21,028	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	720	40%	81.9%	2.7 min	0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	382	21%	84.6%	0.5 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	244	14%	83.6%	1.1 min	1.6%
UA United Airlines	213	12%	75.1%	8.4 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	93	5%	87.1%	-6.4 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	50	3%	90.0%	4.3 min	2.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	46	3%	58.7%	10.1 min	4.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines	31	2%	87.1%	2.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	4	0%	100.0%	-8.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RNO–LAS	Reno to Las Vegas	344	82.0%	3.1 min	0.6%
RNO–DEN	Reno to Denver	239	70.3%	15.0 min	0.4%
RNO–LAX	Reno to Los Angeles	212	89.2%	-5.0 min	0.5%
RNO–PHX	Reno to Phoenix	202	90.1%	-5.9 min	1.0%
RNO–SFO	Reno to San Francisco	176	78.4%	4.2 min	0.6%
RNO–DFW	Reno to Dallas/Fort Worth	122	77.9%	8.1 min	2.5%
RNO–SLC	Reno to Salt Lake City	93	92.5%	-5.4 min	0.0%
RNO–SAN	Reno to San Diego	79	82.3%	2.5 min	0.0%
RNO–LGB	Reno to Long Beach	60	83.3%	1.1 min	0.0%
RNO–OAK	Reno to Oakland	53	92.5%	-9.3 min	1.9%
RNO–SEA	Reno to Seattle	46	58.7%	10.1 min	4.3%
RNO–ATL	Reno to Atlanta	31	77.4%	0.1 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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	18.6%	29.3%	3,584
Late-arriving aircraft	46.8%	37.8%	9,003
National Aviation System	33.4%	25.9%	6,423
Extreme weather	1.1%	6.9%	205
Security	0.0%	0.1%	4

19,219 delay minutes on 305 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 2025?

83.7% of 1,783 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 82.5% of 1,709 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 83.7% and 0.8% in May 2025.

Provenance

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