Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in April 2026

76.0%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 154 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 76.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 3.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 145 departures with 72.4% leaving on time: a change of +3.6 points, with flights up 6%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 75.3% of the time (154 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 57%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 76.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	76.0%	72.4%	70.8%	79.1%
Arrived on time	76.6%	69.7%	69.2%	78.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.7%	3.2%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	24.4 min	18.8 min	29.1 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	5	6	19,931
Scheduled departures	154	145	2,066	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	59	38%	72.9%	7.8 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	40	26%	77.5%	34.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	30	19%	93.3%	-10.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	25	16%	64.0%	5.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	61	88.5%	-6.7 min	0.0%
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	39	79.5%	33.5 min	0.0%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	29	58.6%	21.3 min	0.0%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	9	55.6%	11.2 min	0.0%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	8	62.5%	4.5 min	0.0%
ROA–SRQ	Roanoke to Sarasota/Bradenton	8	75.0%	-0.2 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	57.4%	33.5%	2,037
Late-arriving aircraft	27.1%	40.4%	964
National Aviation System	11.6%	21.0%	412
Extreme weather	3.9%	5.0%	138
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,551 delay minutes on 36 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 April 2026?

76.0% of 154 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 72.4% of 145 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 76.0% and 0.0% in April 2026.

Provenance

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