Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in July 2024

67.7%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 232 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 67.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 64.7% reached their destination on time; 6.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 0.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 64.2% of the time (232 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 64.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.9%
Cancelled 6.0%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	67.7%	—	70.8%	68.5%
Arrived on time	64.7%	—	69.2%	68.1%
Cancelled	6.0%	—	3.2%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.9 min	—	29.1 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	—	6	21,154
Scheduled departures	232	—	2,066	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	66	28%	69.7%	20.4 min	3.0%
9E Endeavor Air	62	27%	75.8%	14.5 min	3.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	55	24%	63.6%	19.5 min	7.3%
YX Republic Airline	27	12%	48.1%	22.6 min	18.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	22	9%	40.9%	27.7 min	4.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	91	67.0%	19.9 min	4.4%
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	61	68.9%	20.8 min	3.3%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	58	65.5%	13.9 min	12.1%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	13	46.2%	27.8 min	0.0%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	9	33.3%	27.5 min	11.1%

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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	44.9%	36.6%	2,647
Late-arriving aircraft	31.2%	42.7%	1,835
National Aviation System	20.9%	16.0%	1,231
Extreme weather	3.0%	4.6%	176
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,889 delay minutes on 67 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 July 2024?

67.7% of 232 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 64.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.