Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International in January 2025

77.2%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 858 domestic departures from Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International (ROC). 77.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.0% reached their destination on time; 2.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so ROC departures were 2.1 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 956 departures with 73.3% leaving on time: a change of +3.9 points, with flights down 10%.

Flights arriving at ROC that month were on time 74.0% of the time (861 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 32%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 74.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.5%
Cancelled 2.2%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from ROC in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	ROC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	77.2%	73.3%	75.3%	79.3%
Arrived on time	74.0%	70.2%	74.8%	78.6%
Cancelled	2.2%	4.5%	2.7%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.9 min	20.3 min	19.9 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	29	32	28	17,992
Scheduled departures	858	956	10,281	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	154	18%	79.9%	-2.9 min	1.3%
YX Republic Airline	133	16%	81.2%	3.9 min	1.5%
AA American Airlines	92	11%	77.2%	5.2 min	3.3%
MQ Envoy Air	84	10%	75.0%	4.2 min	1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	80	9%	70.0%	13.4 min	2.5%
OH PSA Airlines	74	9%	63.5%	35.6 min	8.1%
UA United Airlines	67	8%	68.7%	13.6 min	1.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways	62	7%	67.7%	7.9 min	3.2%
NK Spirit Airlines	61	7%	68.9%	15.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	46	5%	71.7%	20.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	5	1%	80.0%	13.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROC–ORD	Rochester to Chicago	127	75.6%	5.0 min	0.0%
ROC–JFK	Rochester to New York	115	73.0%	6.5 min	1.7%
ROC–DCA	Rochester to Washington	111	68.5%	23.5 min	7.2%
ROC–BWI	Rochester to Baltimore	93	78.5%	1.2 min	2.2%
ROC–CLT	Rochester to Charlotte	93	77.4%	5.3 min	3.2%
ROC–ATL	Rochester to Atlanta	80	70.0%	13.4 min	2.5%
ROC–MCO	Rochester to Orlando	62	80.6%	6.3 min	0.0%
ROC–DTW	Rochester to Detroit	47	72.3%	19.8 min	0.0%
ROC–EWR	Rochester to Newark	31	67.7%	18.8 min	3.2%
ROC–FLL	Rochester to Fort Lauderdale	30	53.3%	16.1 min	0.0%
ROC–LAS	Rochester to Las Vegas	26	88.5%	-21.3 min	0.0%
ROC–IAD	Rochester to Washington	25	72.0%	17.5 min	4.0%

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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.3%	36.2%	4,725
Late-arriving aircraft	30.4%	34.7%	4,445
National Aviation System	20.6%	19.9%	3,016
Extreme weather	16.2%	9.1%	2,375
Security	0.4%	0.2%	60

14,621 delay minutes on 202 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 January 2025?

77.2% of 858 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 73.3% of 956 departures left on time and 4.5% were cancelled, against 77.2% and 2.2% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.