Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in November 2024

85.0%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 294 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 85.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so ROA departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 218 departures with 85.8% leaving on time: a change of −0.8 points, with flights up 35%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 86.4% of the time (294 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, air carrier 27% and extreme weather 17%.

On time 81.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	85.0%	85.8%	70.8%	85.2%
Arrived on time	81.6%	86.7%	69.2%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	3.2%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.2 min	11.2 min	29.1 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	7	6	19,180
Scheduled departures	294	218	2,066	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	94	32%	94.7%	-7.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	60	20%	71.7%	14.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	54	18%	72.2%	10.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	37	13%	97.3%	-14.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	28	10%	85.7%	-3.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	21	7%	42.9%	31.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	102	95.1%	-9.0 min	0.0%
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	60	71.7%	14.1 min	0.0%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	57	91.2%	-7.6 min	0.0%
ROA–CLT	Roanoke to Charlotte	54	72.2%	10.7 min	0.0%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	11	18.2%	46.2 min	0.0%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	10	70.0%	15.1 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	27.2%	36.9%	881
Late-arriving aircraft	43.1%	35.6%	1,396
National Aviation System	12.3%	21.9%	398
Extreme weather	17.4%	5.4%	562
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,237 delay minutes on 54 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 November 2024?

85.0% of 294 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 85.8% of 218 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 85.0% and 0.0% in November 2024.

Provenance

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