Reno/Tahoe International in May 2026

79.3%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,708 domestic departures from Reno/Tahoe International (RNO). 79.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.8% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so RNO departures were 2.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 1,783 departures with 83.7% leaving on time: a change of −4.4 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at RNO that month were on time 76.7% of the time (1,709 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 38%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and air carrier 28%.

On time 78.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.3%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	RNO, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	79.3%	83.7%	80.6%	77.1%
Arrived on time	78.8%	81.9%	80.2%	77.6%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.8%	0.9%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.1 min	10.9 min	14.1 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	57	59	58	20,391
Scheduled departures	1,708	1,783	21,028	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	681	40%	78.4%	6.0 min	0.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	354	21%	74.6%	12.5 min	0.8%
UA United Airlines	241	14%	73.9%	11.3 min	0.4%
AA American Airlines	203	12%	84.2%	1.6 min	2.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	93	5%	88.2%	-2.7 min	1.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	81	5%	92.6%	-9.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	32	2%	71.9%	3.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	21	1%	85.7%	8.4 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	2	0%	50.0%	-16.0 min	50.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RNO–LAS	Reno to Las Vegas	316	81.6%	3.6 min	0.9%
RNO–LAX	Reno to Los Angeles	216	85.6%	0.4 min	0.0%
RNO–PHX	Reno to Phoenix	196	84.2%	3.2 min	0.0%
RNO–DEN	Reno to Denver	192	86.5%	0.6 min	0.5%
RNO–SFO	Reno to San Francisco	170	40.0%	44.1 min	0.6%
RNO–DFW	Reno to Dallas/Fort Worth	115	80.0%	3.7 min	3.5%
RNO–SAN	Reno to San Diego	109	70.6%	6.4 min	1.8%
RNO–SLC	Reno to Salt Lake City	93	93.5%	-6.4 min	1.1%
RNO–SEA	Reno to Seattle	88	92.0%	-7.1 min	0.0%
RNO–LGB	Reno to Long Beach	48	72.9%	8.5 min	0.0%
RNO–BUR	Reno to Burbank	35	88.6%	5.6 min	0.0%
RNO–ATL	Reno to Atlanta	31	77.4%	5.0 min	0.0%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	28.4%	33.0%	6,455
Late-arriving aircraft	32.6%	40.4%	7,396
National Aviation System	37.8%	20.5%	8,575
Extreme weather	1.2%	6.0%	265
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

22,691 delay minutes on 346 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 May 2026?

79.3% of 1,708 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 83.7% of 1,783 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 79.3% and 0.7% in May 2026.

Provenance

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