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Airport month · December 2025
Reno/Tahoe International in December 2025
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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,695 domestic departures from Reno/Tahoe International (RNO). 78.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.0% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so RNO departures were 6.2 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 1,773 departures with 81.9% leaving on time: a change of −3.7 points, with flights down 4%.
Flights arriving at RNO that month were on time 74.8% of the time (1,697 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 78.0%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.1%
- Cancelled 1.8%
- Diverted 0.1%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | RNO, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 78.2% | 81.9% | 80.6% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 78.0% | 81.3% | 80.2% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 1.8% | 0.7% | 0.9% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 17.6 min | 12.2 min | 14.1 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 57 | 59 | 58 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 1,695 | 1,773 | 21,028 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 667 | 39% | 78.1% | 4.1 min | 2.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 353 | 21% | 73.7% | 11.2 min | 2.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 214 | 13% | 81.8% | 2.8 min | 0.5% |
| AA American Airlines | 202 | 12% | 80.2% | 11.0 min | 0.5% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 87 | 5% | 75.9% | 23.6 min | 2.3% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 65 | 4% | 78.5% | 0.4 min | 1.5% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 42 | 2% | 85.7% | -5.8 min | 2.4% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 27 | 2% | 85.2% | 31.6 min | 3.7% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 24 | 1% | 83.3% | 2.8 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 14 | 1% | 57.1% | 7.2 min | 7.1% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RNO–LAS | Reno to Las Vegas | 307 | 81.4% | 1.2 min | 2.3% |
| RNO–PHX | Reno to Phoenix | 211 | 83.9% | 4.1 min | 0.9% |
| RNO–DEN | Reno to Denver | 199 | 83.9% | 2.0 min | 0.5% |
| RNO–SFO | Reno to San Francisco | 189 | 63.5% | 20.0 min | 3.2% |
| RNO–LAX | Reno to Los Angeles | 176 | 84.7% | -0.2 min | 0.6% |
| RNO–SAN | Reno to San Diego | 131 | 72.5% | 10.9 min | 2.3% |
| RNO–DFW | Reno to Dallas/Fort Worth | 102 | 77.5% | 16.8 min | 0.0% |
| RNO–SLC | Reno to Salt Lake City | 90 | 82.2% | 9.6 min | 1.1% |
| RNO–LGB | Reno to Long Beach | 69 | 68.1% | 11.5 min | 4.3% |
| RNO–SEA | Reno to Seattle | 55 | 74.5% | 5.0 min | 1.8% |
| RNO–SJC | Reno to San Jose | 31 | 71.0% | 4.5 min | 3.2% |
| RNO–ORD | Reno to Chicago | 29 | 79.3% | 6.8 min | 3.4% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left RNO on time in December 2025?
78.2% of 1,695 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 81.9% of 1,773 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 78.2% and 1.8% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.