Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International in October 2024

87.8%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 1,054 domestic departures from Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International (ROC). 87.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.3% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so ROC departures were 2.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 1,136 departures with 88.7% leaving on time: a change of −0.9 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at ROC that month were on time 85.3% of the time (1,054 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 88.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.3%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	ROC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	87.8%	88.7%	75.3%	85.5%
Arrived on time	88.3%	89.2%	74.8%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.1%	2.7%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.2 min	9.0 min	19.9 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	35	38	28	20,517
Scheduled departures	1,054	1,136	10,281	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	227	22%	96.0%	-13.1 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	151	14%	88.1%	-3.1 min	1.3%
UA United Airlines	93	9%	81.7%	5.2 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	89	8%	92.1%	-11.6 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	88	8%	78.4%	0.7 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	87	8%	83.9%	9.7 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	84	8%	89.3%	-5.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	81	8%	88.9%	-1.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	67	6%	92.5%	-8.2 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	50	5%	84.0%	0.2 min	2.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	28	3%	85.7%	2.1 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	1%	55.6%	11.5 min	11.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROC–JFK	Rochester to New York	181	85.6%	-4.9 min	0.0%
ROC–ORD	Rochester to Chicago	142	83.8%	3.0 min	0.0%
ROC–DTW	Rochester to Detroit	115	95.7%	-10.1 min	0.0%
ROC–BWI	Rochester to Baltimore	101	94.1%	-6.5 min	1.0%
ROC–DCA	Rochester to Washington	92	92.4%	-8.1 min	0.0%
ROC–CLT	Rochester to Charlotte	87	83.9%	9.7 min	0.0%
ROC–LGA	Rochester to New York	85	92.9%	-12.1 min	0.0%
ROC–ATL	Rochester to Atlanta	84	89.3%	-5.2 min	0.0%
ROC–EWR	Rochester to Newark	57	94.7%	-11.5 min	0.0%
ROC–MCO	Rochester to Orlando	39	79.5%	1.2 min	5.1%
ROC–FLL	Rochester to Fort Lauderdale	31	77.4%	5.3 min	0.0%
ROC–LAS	Rochester to Las Vegas	16	100.0%	-10.1 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	40.7%	42.7%	2,619
Late-arriving aircraft	38.4%	37.4%	2,469
National Aviation System	20.1%	16.3%	1,294
Extreme weather	0.7%	3.4%	48
Security	0.1%	0.2%	7

6,437 delay minutes on 119 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 ROC on time in October 2024?

87.8% of 1,054 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 88.7% of 1,136 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 87.8% and 0.4% in October 2024.

Provenance

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