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Airport month · September 2025

Reno/Tahoe International in September 2025

85.9%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,655 domestic departures from Reno/Tahoe International (RNO). 85.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.8% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so RNO departures were 2.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 1,869 departures with 85.0% leaving on time: a change of +0.9 points, with flights down 11%.

Flights arriving at RNO that month were on time 83.8% of the time (1,652 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 23%.

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

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

MeasureSep 2025Sep 2024RNO, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time85.9%85.0%80.6%83.1%
Arrived on time84.8%83.6%80.2%82.8%
Cancelled0.8%0.2%0.9%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)9.4 min10.5 min14.1 min12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day55625818,748
Scheduled departures1,6551,86921,028562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines71043%83.0%2.1 min0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines28617%89.9%-8.4 min0.0%
UA United Airlines22814%82.9%5.1 min0.4%
AA American Airlines18611%84.9%-3.0 min3.2%
DL Delta Air Lines895%96.6%-8.1 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines694%82.6%1.9 min2.9%
NK Spirit Airlines533%88.7%-3.7 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines312%61.3%21.8 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways20%0.0%39.0 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air10%100.0%14.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
RNO–LASReno to Las Vegas32378.3%5.0 min0.3%
RNO–DENReno to Denver24885.9%2.2 min0.0%
RNO–LAXReno to Los Angeles21494.4%-10.5 min0.0%
RNO–PHXReno to Phoenix16984.6%2.4 min2.4%
RNO–SFOReno to San Francisco12072.5%5.2 min0.8%
RNO–SLCReno to Salt Lake City10795.3%-10.3 min0.0%
RNO–DFWReno to Dallas/Fort Worth9184.6%-5.8 min3.3%
RNO–SANReno to San Diego7878.2%7.6 min0.0%
RNO–SEAReno to Seattle6982.6%1.9 min2.9%
RNO–LGBReno to Long Beach6485.9%-5.1 min3.1%
RNO–BURReno to Burbank4787.2%-2.8 min0.0%
RNO–ORDReno to Chicago3086.7%11.1 min0.0%

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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2025Minutes
Air carrier29.5%34.3%4,218
Late-arriving aircraft45.9%37.4%6,558
National Aviation System23.4%22.6%3,347
Extreme weather1.1%5.6%156
Security0.0%0.1%0
14,279 delay minutes on 232 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left RNO on time in September 2025?

85.9% of 1,655 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 85.0% of 1,869 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 85.9% and 0.8% in September 2025.

Provenance

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