Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in November 2023

85.8%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 November 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 218 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 85.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.7% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 86.0% of flights departed on time and 86.2% arrived on time, so ROA departures were level with the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 88.5% of the time (218 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 86.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.3%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2023	Year earlier	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2023
Departed on time	85.8%	—	70.8%	86.0%
Arrived on time	86.7%	—	69.2%	86.2%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	3.2%	0.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.2 min	—	29.1 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	6	18,793
Scheduled departures	218	—	2,066	563,777

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	83	38%	89.2%	-10.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	60	28%	88.3%	4.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	29	13%	79.3%	-3.3 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	24	11%	91.7%	-0.3 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	22	10%	77.3%	25.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	87	88.5%	-9.7 min	0.0%
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	60	88.3%	4.6 min	0.0%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	49	85.7%	-2.2 min	0.0%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	11	81.8%	28.5 min	0.0%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	11	72.7%	22.7 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), November 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	33.4%	42.5%	693
Late-arriving aircraft	51.5%	37.3%	1,068
National Aviation System	11.5%	16.2%	239
Extreme weather	3.5%	3.7%	72
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

2,072 delay minutes on 29 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 November 2023?

85.8% of 218 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 86.0% and 86.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

November 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 November 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.