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Airport month · March 2024

Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International in March 2024

87.2%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 935 domestic departures from Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International (ROC). 87.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.2% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so ROC departures were 8.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ROC that month were on time 84.1% of the time (935 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 37%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and air carrier 29%.

Every scheduled departure from ROC in March 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureMar 2024Year earlierROC, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time87.2%—75.3%78.5%
Arrived on time87.2%—74.8%78.3%
Cancelled0.0%—2.7%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)10.5 min—19.9 min15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day31—2819,726
Scheduled departures935—10,281591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
9E Endeavor Air22924%88.2%-2.4 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines16618%84.9%6.5 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline11813%95.8%-15.5 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines9710%85.6%-5.9 min0.0%
UA United Airlines627%88.7%-9.8 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways617%86.9%-3.4 min0.0%
AA American Airlines576%80.7%0.6 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines505%92.0%-5.9 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines424%90.5%-7.0 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines323%71.9%7.8 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air182%66.7%49.9 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air30%100.0%-33.3 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ROC–JFKRochester to New York12387.0%-1.6 min0.0%
ROC–DTWRochester to Detroit11290.2%-5.3 min0.0%
ROC–ORDRochester to Chicago9690.6%-9.4 min0.0%
ROC–BWIRochester to Baltimore9391.4%-2.5 min0.0%
ROC–CLTRochester to Charlotte9383.9%-1.8 min0.0%
ROC–ATLRochester to Atlanta8884.1%-4.1 min0.0%
ROC–DCARochester to Washington8897.7%-16.1 min0.0%
ROC–LGARochester to New York8388.0%-3.4 min0.0%
ROC–MCORochester to Orlando6870.6%18.4 min0.0%
ROC–EWRRochester to Newark3193.5%-14.5 min0.0%
ROC–MDWRochester to Chicago27100.0%-14.7 min0.0%
ROC–TPARochester to Tampa1040.0%71.7 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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Mar 2024Minutes
Air carrier28.7%32.1%2,585
Late-arriving aircraft32.7%42.1%2,946
National Aviation System36.9%21.4%3,324
Extreme weather1.8%4.2%160
Security0.0%0.2%0
9,015 delay minutes on 118 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 March 2024?

87.2% of 935 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 2023 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 March 2024; 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.