Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in January 2026

75.2%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 129 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 75.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.3% reached their destination on time; 7.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so ROA departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 141 departures with 70.9% leaving on time: a change of +4.3 points, with flights down 9%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 71.7% of the time (127 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 44% and national aviation system 10%.

On time 78.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.7%
Cancelled 7.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ROA in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	75.2%	70.9%	70.8%	75.6%
Arrived on time	78.3%	70.2%	69.2%	75.3%
Cancelled	7.0%	3.5%	3.2%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.2 min	28.7 min	29.1 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	5	6	18,133
Scheduled departures	129	141	2,066	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	40	31%	72.5%	26.4 min	7.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	24%	87.1%	-5.4 min	6.5%
YX Republic Airline	31	24%	80.6%	-5.2 min	6.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	21%	74.1%	-3.2 min	7.4%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	45	75.6%	23.1 min	6.7%
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	31	87.1%	-5.4 min	6.5%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	26	76.9%	-6.1 min	7.7%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	10	70.0%	8.2 min	0.0%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	9	77.8%	-1.7 min	11.1%
ROA–SRQ	Roanoke to Sarasota/Bradenton	8	75.0%	-21.1 min	12.5%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	43.5%	37.3%	866
Late-arriving aircraft	45.7%	35.0%	909
National Aviation System	9.9%	18.0%	198
Extreme weather	0.9%	9.6%	18
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,991 delay minutes on 19 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 January 2026?

75.2% of 129 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 70.9% of 141 departures left on time and 3.5% were cancelled, against 75.2% and 7.0% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.