Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in July 2025

64.9%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 148 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 64.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 60.8% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 4.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 232 departures with 67.7% leaving on time: a change of −2.8 points, with flights down 36%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 57.4% of the time (148 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 60%, late-arriving aircraft 21% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 60.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 36.5%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	64.9%	67.7%	70.8%	69.7%
Arrived on time	60.8%	64.7%	69.2%	69.0%
Cancelled	2.0%	6.0%	3.2%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	79.4 min	26.9 min	29.1 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	8	6	21,048
Scheduled departures	148	232	2,066	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	58	39%	65.5%	32.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	33	22%	57.6%	28.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	21%	87.1%	24.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	26	18%	23.1%	319.8 min	11.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	58	65.5%	32.1 min	0.0%
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	31	87.1%	24.7 min	0.0%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	26	23.1%	319.8 min	11.5%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	13	69.2%	27.5 min	0.0%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	11	18.2%	61.0 min	0.0%
ROA–SRQ	Roanoke to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	88.9%	-11.6 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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	60.1%	31.1%	7,019
Late-arriving aircraft	20.7%	40.8%	2,420
National Aviation System	16.1%	20.7%	1,885
Extreme weather	3.0%	7.3%	355
Security	0.1%	0.1%	8

11,687 delay minutes on 54 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 July 2025?

64.9% of 148 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 60.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 67.7% of 232 departures left on time and 6.0% were cancelled, against 64.9% and 2.0% in July 2025.

Provenance

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