Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in September 2025

80.7%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 202 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 80.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.2% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 2.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 218 departures with 87.6% leaving on time: a change of −6.9 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 79.7% of the time (202 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 77.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.3%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	80.7%	87.6%	70.8%	83.1%
Arrived on time	77.2%	86.7%	69.2%	82.8%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.9%	3.2%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.0 min	12.3 min	29.1 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	7	6	18,748
Scheduled departures	202	218	2,066	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	87	43%	75.9%	10.4 min	1.1%
YX Republic Airline	60	30%	75.0%	14.8 min	1.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	30	15%	90.0%	0.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	25	12%	72.0%	5.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	117	77.8%	11.7 min	0.9%
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	30	90.0%	0.2 min	0.0%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	30	66.7%	14.1 min	3.3%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	9	44.4%	38.8 min	0.0%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	8	75.0%	7.6 min	0.0%
ROA–SRQ	Roanoke to Sarasota/Bradenton	8	100.0%	-33.6 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	45.4%	34.3%	1,795
Late-arriving aircraft	33.8%	37.4%	1,337
National Aviation System	15.5%	22.6%	612
Extreme weather	5.3%	5.6%	210
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,954 delay minutes on 43 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 September 2025?

80.7% of 202 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 87.6% of 218 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 80.7% and 1.0% in September 2025.

Provenance

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