Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in November 2025

70.2%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 151 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 70.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 65.6% reached their destination on time; 4.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 7.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 294 departures with 85.0% leaving on time: a change of −14.8 points, with flights down 49%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 68.9% of the time (151 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 50%, national aviation system 34% and air carrier 17%.

On time 65.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.8%
Cancelled 4.0%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	70.2%	85.0%	70.8%	78.1%
Arrived on time	65.6%	81.6%	69.2%	77.3%
Cancelled	4.0%	0.0%	3.2%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.8 min	11.2 min	29.1 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	10	6	19,018
Scheduled departures	151	294	2,066	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	62	41%	53.2%	34.4 min	4.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	30	20%	90.0%	-19.0 min	3.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	30	20%	56.7%	12.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	29	19%	75.9%	16.3 min	6.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	59	69.5%	15.1 min	5.1%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	32	43.8%	54.8 min	6.3%
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	30	90.0%	-19.0 min	3.3%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	11	45.5%	25.5 min	0.0%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	10	40.0%	27.9 min	0.0%
ROA–SRQ	Roanoke to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	88.9%	-19.8 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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	16.8%	30.2%	581
Late-arriving aircraft	49.6%	38.3%	1,715
National Aviation System	33.5%	26.7%	1,159
Extreme weather	0.0%	4.6%	0
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,455 delay minutes on 45 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 November 2025?

70.2% of 151 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 65.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 85.0% of 294 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 70.2% and 4.0% in November 2025.

Provenance

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