Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in August 2024

78.6%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 252 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 78.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.0% reached their destination on time; 4.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 261 departures with 80.1% leaving on time: a change of −1.5 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 75.8% of the time (252 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 61%, national aviation system 19% and late-arriving aircraft 18%.

On time 77.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.9%
Cancelled 4.8%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	78.6%	80.1%	70.8%	75.4%
Arrived on time	77.0%	80.8%	69.2%	74.7%
Cancelled	4.8%	2.3%	3.2%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.2 min	17.8 min	29.1 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	9	6	20,634
Scheduled departures	252	261	2,066	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	65	26%	83.1%	-3.6 min	7.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	25%	74.2%	12.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	55	22%	85.5%	-0.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	26	10%	76.9%	17.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	26	10%	50.0%	26.8 min	23.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	7%	77.8%	52.8 min	5.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	89	86.5%	-4.2 min	2.2%
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	62	74.2%	12.1 min	0.0%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	57	64.9%	13.8 min	15.8%
ROA–PHL	Roanoke to Philadelphia	26	76.9%	17.5 min	0.0%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	9	66.7%	0.3 min	11.1%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	9	88.9%	99.6 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	61.4%	33.8%	2,882
Late-arriving aircraft	18.1%	39.8%	851
National Aviation System	18.7%	20.4%	878
Extreme weather	1.7%	5.9%	81
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,692 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 August 2024?

78.6% of 252 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 80.1% of 261 departures left on time and 2.3% were cancelled, against 78.6% and 4.8% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.