Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in September 2024

87.6%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 218 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 87.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.7% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 238 departures with 88.2% leaving on time: a change of −0.6 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 89.4% of the time (218 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 86.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.4%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	87.6%	88.2%	70.8%	84.4%
Arrived on time	86.7%	84.0%	69.2%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.9%	1.7%	3.2%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.3 min	14.7 min	29.1 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	8	6	19,421
Scheduled departures	218	238	2,066	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	83	38%	91.6%	3.6 min	1.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	60	28%	85.0%	3.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	14%	93.5%	-8.4 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	23	11%	82.6%	5.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	8%	61.1%	17.6 min	5.6%
OH PSA Airlines	3	1%	100.0%	-17.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	84	89.3%	6.5 min	1.2%
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	60	85.0%	3.0 min	0.0%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	53	92.5%	-7.0 min	0.0%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	9	33.3%	40.9 min	11.1%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	9	88.9%	-3.0 min	0.0%
ROA–PHL	Roanoke to Philadelphia	3	100.0%	-17.3 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	48.0%	38.6%	1,222
Late-arriving aircraft	38.1%	38.4%	972
National Aviation System	13.5%	18.2%	343
Extreme weather	0.4%	4.8%	11
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,548 delay minutes on 27 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 September 2024?

87.6% 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 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 88.2% of 238 departures left on time and 1.7% were cancelled, against 87.6% and 0.9% in September 2024.

Provenance

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