Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in March 2025

64.5%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 110 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 64.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.2% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 15.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 224 departures with 86.6% leaving on time: a change of −22.1 points, with flights down 51%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 65.5% of the time (110 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 42% and national aviation system 3%.

On time 68.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.0%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	64.5%	86.6%	70.8%	79.9%
Arrived on time	68.2%	85.7%	69.2%	79.3%
Cancelled	1.8%	0.0%	3.2%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	34.6 min	10.0 min	29.1 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	8	6	20,029
Scheduled departures	110	224	2,066	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	34	31%	44.1%	75.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	28%	90.3%	-11.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	26	24%	76.9%	5.2 min	7.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	19	17%	63.2%	15.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	31	90.3%	-11.5 min	0.0%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	26	76.9%	5.2 min	7.7%
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	19	63.2%	15.9 min	0.0%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	13	30.8%	121.5 min	0.0%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	12	58.3%	48.8 min	0.0%
ROA–SRQ	Roanoke to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	44.4%	44.9 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	41.9%	33.0%	1,487
Late-arriving aircraft	52.0%	39.2%	1,846
National Aviation System	3.3%	21.9%	119
Extreme weather	2.8%	5.9%	101
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,553 delay minutes on 33 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 March 2025?

64.5% of 110 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 86.6% of 224 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 64.5% and 1.8% in March 2025.

Provenance

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