Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in December 2023

82.1%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 December 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 207 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 82.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.8% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 1.0 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 85.4% of the time (206 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 21% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 77.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.7%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	82.1%	—	70.8%	83.1%
Arrived on time	77.8%	—	69.2%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	3.2%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.9 min	—	29.1 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	—	6	19,013
Scheduled departures	207	—	2,066	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	80	39%	82.5%	3.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	51	25%	78.4%	6.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	15%	77.4%	6.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	26	13%	76.9%	11.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	19	9%	57.9%	26.0 min	5.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	92	82.6%	1.8 min	0.0%
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	51	78.4%	6.5 min	0.0%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	45	75.6%	12.5 min	0.0%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	10	60.0%	6.1 min	10.0%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	9	55.6%	45.9 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	51.4%	37.1%	1,743
Late-arriving aircraft	21.1%	38.8%	714
National Aviation System	14.5%	17.6%	492
Extreme weather	13.0%	6.2%	441
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

3,390 delay minutes on 45 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 December 2023?

82.1% of 207 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.