Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in May 2025

67.3%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 104 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 67.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.3% reached their destination on time; 3.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 9.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 248 departures with 78.2% leaving on time: a change of −10.9 points, with flights down 58%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 73.8% of the time (103 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and extreme weather 26%.

On time 66.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.8%
Cancelled 3.8%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	67.3%	78.2%	70.8%	76.7%
Arrived on time	66.3%	75.8%	69.2%	75.4%
Cancelled	3.8%	2.0%	3.2%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.7 min	19.0 min	29.1 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	8	6	20,188
Scheduled departures	104	248	2,066	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	31	30%	87.1%	-1.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	28	27%	50.0%	47.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	26	25%	53.8%	19.1 min	15.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	19	18%	73.7%	24.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	31	87.1%	-1.8 min	0.0%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	26	53.8%	19.1 min	15.4%
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	19	73.7%	24.4 min	0.0%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	10	30.0%	35.1 min	0.0%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	9	33.3%	121.0 min	0.0%
ROA–SRQ	Roanoke to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	88.9%	-11.7 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), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	37.0%	29.3%	1,074
Late-arriving aircraft	27.4%	37.8%	795
National Aviation System	9.8%	25.9%	286
Extreme weather	25.8%	6.9%	751
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,906 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 May 2025?

67.3% of 104 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 78.2% of 248 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 67.3% and 3.8% in May 2025.

Provenance

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