Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in August 2023

80.1%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 261 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 80.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.8% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 3.4 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 80.5% of the time (261 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 54%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 80.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.9%
Cancelled 2.3%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ROA in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	80.1%	—	70.8%	76.7%
Arrived on time	80.8%	—	69.2%	76.9%
Cancelled	2.3%	—	3.2%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.8 min	—	29.1 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	—	6	20,100
Scheduled departures	261	—	2,066	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	89	34%	84.3%	-7.7 min	3.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	61	23%	77.0%	15.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	40	15%	72.5%	6.0 min	2.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	12%	83.9%	9.5 min	6.5%
YX Republic Airline	28	11%	89.3%	-9.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	12	5%	75.0%	115.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	93	83.9%	-3.2 min	4.3%
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	62	77.4%	14.6 min	0.0%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	54	87.0%	-6.4 min	1.9%
ROA–CLT	Roanoke to Charlotte	40	72.5%	6.0 min	2.5%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	8	75.0%	159.9 min	0.0%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	4	75.0%	26.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	53.7%	36.7%	2,414
Late-arriving aircraft	29.8%	42.2%	1,342
National Aviation System	11.3%	15.7%	510
Extreme weather	5.2%	5.1%	232
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,498 delay minutes on 44 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 ROA on time in August 2023?

80.1% of 261 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ROA · methodology · corrections.