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Airport month · October 2023

Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International in October 2023

88.7%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 1,136 domestic departures from Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International (ROC). 88.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 89.2% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so ROC departures were 4.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ROC that month were on time 89.2% of the time (1,134 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 56%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 11%.

Every scheduled departure from ROC in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureOct 2023Year earlierROC, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time88.7%—75.3%83.8%
Arrived on time89.2%—74.8%84.0%
Cancelled0.1%—2.7%0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)9.0 min—19.9 min11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day38—2819,966
Scheduled departures1,136—10,281598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
9E Endeavor Air29926%94.3%-13.5 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines20318%85.7%0.2 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines11610%92.2%-4.7 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways938%78.5%12.6 min0.0%
UA United Airlines928%85.9%0.5 min1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines868%83.7%4.8 min0.0%
AA American Airlines656%90.8%23.5 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline555%90.9%-12.7 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines545%92.6%-7.4 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air343%91.2%-3.3 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines313%96.8%-12.7 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air81%75.0%15.6 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ROC–JFKRochester to New York15587.1%-3.3 min0.0%
ROC–ORDRochester to Chicago14788.4%-1.1 min0.7%
ROC–BWIRochester to Baltimore11586.1%-0.8 min0.0%
ROC–DTWRochester to Detroit11193.7%-6.1 min0.0%
ROC–LGARochester to New York9795.9%-17.9 min0.0%
ROC–CLTRochester to Charlotte9292.4%17.5 min0.0%
ROC–DCARochester to Washington8991.0%-7.1 min0.0%
ROC–ATLRochester to Atlanta8683.7%4.8 min0.0%
ROC–EWRRochester to Newark8690.7%-11.4 min0.0%
ROC–MCORochester to Orlando5891.4%-5.3 min0.0%
ROC–MDWRochester to Chicago5384.9%-0.2 min0.0%
ROC–BOSRochester to Boston3180.6%1.5 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Oct 2023Minutes
Air carrier55.5%41.3%4,781
Late-arriving aircraft33.5%40.5%2,888
National Aviation System10.6%14.4%917
Extreme weather0.4%3.7%32
Security0.0%0.2%0
8,618 delay minutes on 121 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left ROC on time in October 2023?

88.7% of 1,136 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 89.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ROC · methodology · corrections.