Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in August 2025

73.2%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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 183 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 73.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.9% reached their destination on time; 3.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 3.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 252 departures with 78.6% leaving on time: a change of −5.4 points, with flights down 27%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 69.0% of the time (184 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 56%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 6%.

On time 68.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.9%
Cancelled 3.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2025	Aug 2024	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time	73.2%	78.6%	70.8%	76.8%
Arrived on time	68.9%	77.0%	69.2%	76.3%
Cancelled	3.3%	4.8%	3.2%	1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	42.7 min	19.2 min	29.1 min	17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	8	6	20,079
Scheduled departures	183	252	2,066	602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	69	38%	69.6%	24.8 min	2.9%
YX Republic Airline	55	30%	69.1%	21.8 min	5.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	17%	93.5%	-6.0 min	3.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	28	15%	39.3%	126.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	94	70.2%	18.5 min	4.3%
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	31	93.5%	-6.0 min	3.2%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	30	66.7%	38.9 min	3.3%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	10	20.0%	187.1 min	0.0%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	9	33.3%	57.7 min	0.0%
ROA–SRQ	Roanoke to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	66.7%	128.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	55.7%	33.1%	4,215
Late-arriving aircraft	37.6%	40.5%	2,849
National Aviation System	5.8%	19.2%	437
Extreme weather	1.0%	7.0%	72
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

7,573 delay minutes on 51 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 August 2025?

73.2% of 183 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 78.6% of 252 departures left on time and 4.8% were cancelled, against 73.2% and 3.3% in August 2025.

Provenance

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