Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in October 2025

77.6%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 October 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 210 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 77.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.3% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 2.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 281 departures with 83.3% leaving on time: a change of −5.7 points, with flights down 25%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 71.8% of the time (209 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 52%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 73.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.2%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	77.6%	83.3%	70.8%	80.0%
Arrived on time	73.3%	80.8%	69.2%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.5%	1.1%	3.2%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.0 min	12.7 min	29.1 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	7	9	6	20,195
Scheduled departures	210	281	2,066	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	82	39%	76.8%	11.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	62	30%	66.1%	22.9 min	1.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	35	17%	57.1%	39.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	15%	96.8%	-10.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	113	77.0%	11.3 min	0.0%
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	31	96.8%	-10.6 min	0.0%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	31	54.8%	35.7 min	3.2%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	13	53.8%	23.8 min	0.0%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	13	30.8%	96.2 min	0.0%
ROA–SRQ	Roanoke to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	100.0%	-21.3 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	28.2%	34.0%	1,359
Late-arriving aircraft	51.8%	39.7%	2,495
National Aviation System	18.1%	22.9%	872
Extreme weather	1.9%	3.3%	91
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,817 delay minutes on 55 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 October 2025?

77.6% of 210 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 83.3% of 281 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 77.6% and 0.5% in October 2025.

Provenance

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