Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in February 2025

75.5%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 106 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 75.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.9% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 3.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 231 departures with 88.3% leaving on time: a change of −12.8 points, with flights down 54%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 68.6% of the time (105 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 67.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.2%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.9%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	75.5%	88.3%	70.8%	79.2%
Arrived on time	67.9%	87.0%	69.2%	77.9%
Cancelled	1.9%	0.9%	3.2%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.3 min	8.2 min	29.1 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	8	6	16,830
Scheduled departures	106	231	2,066	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	33	31%	66.7%	15.2 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	28	26%	78.6%	23.1 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	24	23%	70.8%	-0.3 min	8.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	21	20%	52.4%	51.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	33	66.7%	15.2 min	0.0%
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	28	78.6%	23.1 min	0.0%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	24	70.8%	-0.3 min	8.3%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	8	37.5%	68.5 min	0.0%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	8	50.0%	64.0 min	0.0%
ROA–SRQ	Roanoke to Sarasota/Bradenton	5	80.0%	2.2 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.8%	33.9%	1,018
Late-arriving aircraft	47.8%	36.9%	1,486
National Aviation System	13.4%	22.5%	415
Extreme weather	6.1%	6.6%	189
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,108 delay minutes on 31 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 February 2025?

75.5% of 106 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 88.3% of 231 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 75.5% and 1.9% in February 2025.

Provenance

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