Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in April 2025

72.4%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 145 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 72.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.7% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 8.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 226 departures with 83.6% leaving on time: a change of −11.2 points, with flights down 36%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 76.0% of the time (146 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 69.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.0%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	72.4%	83.6%	70.8%	80.6%
Arrived on time	69.7%	83.2%	69.2%	79.5%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.4%	3.2%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.8 min	17.5 min	29.1 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	8	6	19,465
Scheduled departures	145	226	2,066	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	59	41%	72.9%	12.7 min	1.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	30	21%	90.0%	-6.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	30	21%	46.7%	24.1 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	26	18%	65.4%	15.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	59	72.9%	12.7 min	1.7%
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	30	90.0%	-6.6 min	0.0%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	26	65.4%	15.4 min	0.0%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	13	46.2%	18.5 min	0.0%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	9	11.1%	60.2 min	0.0%
ROA–SRQ	Roanoke to Sarasota/Bradenton	8	87.5%	-7.2 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	39.7%	32.7%	1,070
Late-arriving aircraft	45.0%	39.4%	1,213
National Aviation System	15.4%	22.2%	414
Extreme weather	0.0%	5.5%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,697 delay minutes on 42 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 April 2025?

72.4% of 145 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 83.6% of 226 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 72.4% and 0.7% in April 2025.

Provenance

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