Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in December 2025

60.6%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 160 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 60.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 54.4% reached their destination on time; 5.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 11.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 253 departures with 62.8% leaving on time: a change of −2.2 points, with flights down 37%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 55.9% of the time (161 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 54.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 40.6%
Cancelled 5.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	60.6%	62.8%	70.8%	72.0%
Arrived on time	54.4%	65.2%	69.2%	71.9%
Cancelled	5.0%	4.7%	3.2%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	44.9 min	31.0 min	29.1 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	8	6	19,410
Scheduled departures	160	253	2,066	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	57	36%	49.1%	33.5 min	7.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	39	24%	59.0%	52.0 min	2.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	33	21%	45.5%	54.8 min	6.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	19%	67.7%	7.5 min	3.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	70	60.0%	37.1 min	4.3%
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	31	67.7%	7.5 min	3.2%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	26	34.6%	52.8 min	7.7%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	13	46.2%	26.9 min	7.7%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	11	27.3%	121.4 min	0.0%
ROA–SRQ	Roanoke to Sarasota/Bradenton	9	66.7%	5.0 min	11.1%

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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	49.7%	33.3%	3,439
Late-arriving aircraft	35.0%	41.1%	2,422
National Aviation System	11.6%	19.1%	804
Extreme weather	3.6%	6.4%	252
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

6,917 delay minutes on 65 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 December 2025?

60.6% of 160 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 54.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 62.8% of 253 departures left on time and 4.7% were cancelled, against 60.6% and 5.0% in December 2025.

Provenance

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