Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in February 2024

88.3%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 231 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 88.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.0% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 88.3% of the time (231 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, national aviation system 27% and late-arriving aircraft 18%.

On time 87.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.1%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ROA in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	88.3%	—	70.8%	84.0%
Arrived on time	87.0%	—	69.2%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.9%	—	3.2%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.2 min	—	29.1 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	6	17,307
Scheduled departures	231	—	2,066	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	78	34%	89.7%	-4.5 min	1.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	54	23%	83.3%	15.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	29	13%	100.0%	-12.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	28	12%	89.3%	-2.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	25	11%	80.0%	6.2 min	4.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	17	7%	70.6%	-1.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	82	96.3%	-11.1 min	0.0%
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	54	83.3%	15.2 min	0.0%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	50	80.0%	7.6 min	4.0%
ROA–CLT	Roanoke to Charlotte	28	89.3%	-2.2 min	0.0%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	9	77.8%	-7.2 min	0.0%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	8	62.5%	4.9 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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	47.4%	35.9%	959
Late-arriving aircraft	17.8%	36.9%	361
National Aviation System	26.6%	21.7%	539
Extreme weather	8.2%	5.3%	166
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

2,025 delay minutes on 28 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 February 2024?

88.3% of 231 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.