Reno/Tahoe International in March 2026

82.2%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,830 domestic departures from Reno/Tahoe International (RNO). 82.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.6% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so RNO departures were 9.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 1,803 departures with 81.3% leaving on time: a change of +0.9 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at RNO that month were on time 81.2% of the time (1,825 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 82.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.7%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	RNO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	82.2%	81.3%	80.6%	72.8%
Arrived on time	82.6%	80.0%	80.2%	73.2%
Cancelled	0.7%	1.4%	0.9%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.5 min	14.7 min	14.1 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	61	60	58	20,403
Scheduled departures	1,830	1,803	21,028	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	716	39%	83.7%	-2.3 min	0.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	323	18%	87.6%	-2.1 min	0.3%
UA United Airlines	257	14%	79.8%	0.2 min	1.2%
AA American Airlines	215	12%	85.1%	0.3 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	91	5%	83.5%	5.1 min	1.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	67	4%	79.1%	4.2 min	3.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	62	3%	72.6%	11.4 min	4.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	35	2%	77.1%	6.0 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	33	2%	39.4%	88.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	31	2%	87.1%	-6.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RNO–LAS	Reno to Las Vegas	385	81.3%	-0.7 min	0.8%
RNO–LAX	Reno to Los Angeles	223	90.1%	1.4 min	0.0%
RNO–PHX	Reno to Phoenix	212	89.2%	-2.4 min	0.0%
RNO–DEN	Reno to Denver	199	87.9%	-4.9 min	0.5%
RNO–SFO	Reno to San Francisco	185	79.5%	-1.4 min	0.0%
RNO–DFW	Reno to Dallas/Fort Worth	124	83.1%	0.6 min	1.6%
RNO–SAN	Reno to San Diego	93	66.7%	8.1 min	1.1%
RNO–SLC	Reno to Salt Lake City	93	90.3%	-2.5 min	0.0%
RNO–LGB	Reno to Long Beach	51	92.2%	-10.7 min	0.0%
RNO–SEA	Reno to Seattle	50	74.0%	7.4 min	4.0%
RNO–BUR	Reno to Burbank	46	91.3%	-11.1 min	2.2%
RNO–ORD	Reno to Chicago	31	74.2%	-1.3 min	6.5%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	34.0%	33.5%	7,028
Late-arriving aircraft	43.4%	39.3%	8,979
National Aviation System	21.8%	21.0%	4,516
Extreme weather	0.7%	5.9%	148
Security	0.0%	0.2%	3

20,674 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 March 2026?

82.2% of 1,830 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 81.3% of 1,803 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 82.2% and 0.7% in March 2026.

Provenance

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