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Airport month · January 2026

Reno/Tahoe International in January 2026

87.0%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,664 domestic departures from Reno/Tahoe International (RNO). 87.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.7% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so RNO departures were 11.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 1,673 departures with 84.5% leaving on time: a change of +2.5 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at RNO that month were on time 83.5% of the time (1,661 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, national aviation system 32% and late-arriving aircraft 28%.

Every scheduled departure from RNO in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJan 2026Jan 2025RNO, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time87.0%84.5%80.6%75.6%
Arrived on time87.7%83.9%80.2%75.3%
Cancelled1.3%0.7%0.9%4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)10.2 min10.9 min14.1 min16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day56565818,133
Scheduled departures1,6641,67321,028544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines60236%90.2%-4.7 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines29918%85.3%-2.7 min1.0%
AA American Airlines23314%81.1%12.4 min6.4%
UA United Airlines22313%90.1%-4.8 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines1318%89.3%-5.1 min0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines855%88.2%1.4 min1.2%
NK Spirit Airlines553%96.4%-16.1 min1.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines282%75.0%4.3 min3.6%
B6 JetBlue Airways50%60.0%2.4 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air30%66.7%-2.7 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
RNO–LASReno to Las Vegas32090.3%-7.8 min0.6%
RNO–PHXReno to Phoenix21685.6%1.1 min1.9%
RNO–SFOReno to San Francisco19183.8%-0.1 min1.0%
RNO–DENReno to Denver19095.8%-6.3 min0.0%
RNO–LAXReno to Los Angeles18890.4%-6.7 min0.0%
RNO–DFWReno to Dallas/Fort Worth10076.0%23.4 min11.0%
RNO–SLCReno to Salt Lake City9291.3%-10.1 min0.0%
RNO–SEAReno to Seattle8182.7%2.2 min1.2%
RNO–SANReno to San Diego7781.8%7.6 min1.3%
RNO–LGBReno to Long Beach6091.7%-5.5 min0.0%
RNO–PDXReno to Portland50100.0%-16.7 min0.0%
RNO–ORDReno to Chicago3171.0%5.6 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2026Minutes
Air carrier37.8%37.3%5,715
Late-arriving aircraft27.5%35.0%4,168
National Aviation System31.7%18.0%4,802
Extreme weather3.0%9.6%448
Security0.0%0.1%0
15,133 delay minutes on 181 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 January 2026?

87.0% of 1,664 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 84.5% of 1,673 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 87.0% and 1.3% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.