Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in January 2025

70.9%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 141 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 70.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.2% reached their destination on time; 3.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 8.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 256 departures with 70.7% leaving on time: a change of +0.2 points, with flights down 45%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 73.0% of the time (141 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 60%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 70.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.2%
Cancelled 3.5%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ROA in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	70.9%	70.7%	70.8%	79.3%
Arrived on time	70.2%	67.6%	69.2%	78.6%
Cancelled	3.5%	5.9%	3.2%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.7 min	31.2 min	29.1 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	9	6	17,992
Scheduled departures	141	256	2,066	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	65	46%	72.3%	30.0 min	3.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	22%	87.1%	-0.3 min	3.2%
YX Republic Airline	24	17%	70.8%	3.5 min	4.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	21	15%	38.1%	43.6 min	4.8%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	65	72.3%	30.0 min	3.1%
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	31	87.1%	-0.3 min	3.2%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	24	70.8%	3.5 min	4.2%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	12	16.7%	61.4 min	8.3%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	9	66.7%	21.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	60.4%	36.2%	2,396
Late-arriving aircraft	27.6%	34.7%	1,097
National Aviation System	10.1%	19.9%	402
Extreme weather	1.8%	9.1%	73
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

3,968 delay minutes on 37 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 January 2025?

70.9% of 141 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 70.7% of 256 departures left on time and 5.9% were cancelled, against 70.9% and 3.5% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.