Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in October 2024

83.3%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 281 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 83.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.8% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 2.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 238 departures with 90.3% leaving on time: a change of −7.0 points, with flights up 18%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 85.4% of the time (281 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 65%, late-arriving aircraft 22% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 80.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.8%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	83.3%	90.3%	70.8%	85.5%
Arrived on time	80.8%	89.9%	69.2%	85.8%
Cancelled	1.1%	0.0%	3.2%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.7 min	8.4 min	29.1 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	8	6	20,517
Scheduled departures	281	238	2,066	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	71	25%	95.8%	-11.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	22%	80.6%	10.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	48	17%	72.9%	28.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	47	17%	89.4%	-11.6 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	27	10%	70.4%	2.3 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	26	9%	50.0%	12.9 min	11.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	87	93.1%	-11.9 min	0.0%
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	62	80.6%	10.4 min	0.0%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	58	82.8%	-5.0 min	0.0%
ROA–CLT	Roanoke to Charlotte	48	72.9%	28.1 min	0.0%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	16	62.5%	3.7 min	12.5%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	10	30.0%	27.2 min	10.0%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	65.3%	42.7%	2,281
Late-arriving aircraft	21.5%	37.4%	751
National Aviation System	10.4%	16.3%	365
Extreme weather	2.7%	3.4%	96
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,493 delay minutes on 50 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 October 2024?

83.3% of 281 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 90.3% of 238 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 83.3% and 1.1% in October 2024.

Provenance

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