Roanoke Blacksburg Regional in May 2026

73.1%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 156 domestic departures from Roanoke Blacksburg Regional (ROA). 73.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.7% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so ROA departures were 4.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 104 departures with 67.3% leaving on time: a change of +5.8 points, with flights up 50%.

Flights arriving at ROA that month were on time 73.9% of the time (157 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 58%, national aviation system 26% and late-arriving aircraft 13%.

On time 73.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.0%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	ROA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	73.1%	67.3%	70.8%	77.1%
Arrived on time	73.7%	66.3%	69.2%	77.6%
Cancelled	1.3%	3.8%	3.2%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.4 min	28.7 min	29.1 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	4	6	20,391
Scheduled departures	156	104	2,066	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
YX Republic Airline	62	40%	75.8%	6.3 min	1.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	40	26%	70.0%	17.5 min	2.5%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	20%	87.1%	20.7 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	12%	55.6%	73.8 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	5	3%	60.0%	3.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROA–ORD	Roanoke to Chicago	61	86.9%	0.8 min	1.6%
ROA–ATL	Roanoke to Atlanta	41	78.0%	21.0 min	0.0%
ROA–LGA	Roanoke to New York	31	54.8%	26.6 min	3.2%
ROA–PIE	Roanoke to St. Petersburg	9	66.7%	120.3 min	0.0%
ROA–SFB	Roanoke to Sanford	9	44.4%	27.3 min	0.0%
ROA–CLT	Roanoke to Charlotte	5	60.0%	3.6 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	58.4%	33.0%	2,494
Late-arriving aircraft	12.7%	40.4%	542
National Aviation System	26.3%	20.5%	1,124
Extreme weather	2.6%	6.0%	112
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,272 delay minutes on 39 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 May 2026?

73.1% of 156 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 67.3% of 104 departures left on time and 3.8% were cancelled, against 73.1% and 1.3% in May 2026.

Provenance

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