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Airport month · April 2026

Reno/Tahoe International in April 2026

81.2%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,631 domestic departures from Reno/Tahoe International (RNO). 81.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.3% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so RNO departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 1,694 departures with 85.4% leaving on time: a change of −4.2 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at RNO that month were on time 78.3% of the time (1,633 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, national aviation system 31% and air carrier 26%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2026Apr 2025RNO, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time81.2%85.4%80.6%79.1%
Arrived on time79.3%83.4%80.2%78.9%
Cancelled0.4%0.5%0.9%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)11.5 min9.6 min14.1 min14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day54575819,931
Scheduled departures1,6311,69421,028597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines67141%79.7%2.4 min0.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines28618%78.3%3.2 min1.0%
UA United Airlines23815%74.8%9.3 min0.4%
AA American Airlines19512%81.0%-0.3 min0.5%
DL Delta Air Lines906%85.6%0.5 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines483%85.4%-2.6 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines483%77.1%6.3 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air302%96.7%-9.9 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines252%56.0%26.2 min4.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
RNO–LASReno to Las Vegas34979.9%2.0 min0.0%
RNO–LAXReno to Los Angeles21987.2%-3.1 min0.0%
RNO–PHXReno to Phoenix20486.8%-2.0 min0.5%
RNO–DENReno to Denver17991.1%-6.5 min0.6%
RNO–SFOReno to San Francisco17549.7%24.9 min2.3%
RNO–DFWReno to Dallas/Fort Worth10969.7%5.9 min0.9%
RNO–SLCReno to Salt Lake City9093.3%4.4 min0.0%
RNO–SANReno to San Diego7675.0%5.4 min0.0%
RNO–LGBReno to Long Beach4774.5%5.1 min0.0%
RNO–SEAReno to Seattle4085.0%-2.7 min0.0%
RNO–BURReno to Burbank3791.9%-2.6 min0.0%
RNO–ATLReno to Atlanta3066.7%7.5 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2026Minutes
Air carrier26.1%33.5%4,547
Late-arriving aircraft41.0%40.4%7,146
National Aviation System31.3%21.0%5,456
Extreme weather1.6%5.0%273
Security0.0%0.1%0
17,422 delay minutes on 329 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 April 2026?

81.2% of 1,631 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 85.4% of 1,694 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 81.2% and 0.4% in April 2026.

Provenance

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