Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in December 2024

62.8%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 253 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 62.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 65.2% reached their destination on time; 4.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 15.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 207 departures with 82.1% leaving on time: a change of −19.3 points, with flights up 22%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 65.5% of the time (252 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, air carrier 29% and extreme weather 13%.

On time 65.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.0%
Cancelled 4.7%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	62.8%	82.1%	70.8%	77.8%
Arrived on time	65.2%	77.8%	69.2%	78.1%
Cancelled	4.7%	0.5%	3.2%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	31.0 min	16.9 min	29.1 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	7	6	19,686
Scheduled departures	253	207	2,066	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	95	38%	68.4%	21.5 min	4.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines	67	26%	64.2%	27.2 min	6.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	12%	80.6%	9.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	27	11%	59.3%	10.1 min	11.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	24	9%	45.8%	29.1 min	4.2%
OH PSA Airlines	9	4%	55.6%	33.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	106	67.9%	20.7 min	3.8%
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	67	64.2%	27.2 min	6.0%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	47	72.3%	8.3 min	6.4%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	13	38.5%	36.5 min	7.7%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	11	54.5%	21.0 min	0.0%
ROA–CLT	Roanoke to Charlotte	9	55.6%	33.9 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	28.5%	34.3%	1,948
Late-arriving aircraft	49.9%	40.2%	3,408
National Aviation System	9.0%	17.8%	617
Extreme weather	12.6%	7.5%	860
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,833 delay minutes on 76 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 December 2024?

62.8% of 253 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 65.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 82.1% of 207 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 62.8% and 4.7% in December 2024.

Provenance

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