Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in February 2026

72.3%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 119 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 72.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.9% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 5.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 106 departures with 75.5% leaving on time: a change of −3.2 points, with flights up 12%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 73.3% of the time (120 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 36%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and air carrier 21%.

On time 73.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.7%
Cancelled 2.5%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	72.3%	75.5%	70.8%	78.1%
Arrived on time	73.9%	67.9%	69.2%	78.3%
Cancelled	2.5%	1.9%	3.2%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	25.4 min	27.3 min	29.1 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	4	6	17,168
Scheduled departures	119	106	2,066	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	40	34%	55.0%	22.3 min	5.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	28	24%	96.4%	-17.6 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	27	23%	81.5%	7.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	24	20%	70.8%	42.2 min	4.2%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	43	69.8%	16.2 min	0.0%
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	28	96.4%	-17.6 min	0.0%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	24	58.3%	15.5 min	8.3%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	8	62.5%	134.3 min	12.5%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	8	75.0%	12.6 min	0.0%
ROA–SRQ	Roanoke to Sarasota/Bradenton	8	75.0%	2.6 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	21.4%	38.2%	601
Late-arriving aircraft	29.8%	37.2%	838
National Aviation System	36.4%	18.5%	1,024
Extreme weather	12.4%	6.0%	348
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,811 delay minutes on 27 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 February 2026?

72.3% of 119 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 75.5% of 106 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 72.3% and 2.5% in February 2026.

Provenance

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