Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International in February 2025

72.7%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 853 domestic departures from Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International (ROC). 72.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.6% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so ROC departures were 6.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 886 departures with 85.3% leaving on time: a change of −12.6 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at ROC that month were on time 69.7% of the time (852 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 39%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and air carrier 24%.

On time 66.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 30.8%
Cancelled 2.5%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	ROC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	72.7%	85.3%	75.3%	79.2%
Arrived on time	66.6%	85.7%	74.8%	77.9%
Cancelled	2.5%	0.9%	2.7%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	20.1 min	14.1 min	19.9 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	28	30	28	16,830
Scheduled departures	853	886	10,281	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	160	19%	72.5%	11.3 min	0.6%
YX Republic Airline	135	16%	73.3%	2.9 min	3.7%
MQ Envoy Air	92	11%	63.0%	14.5 min	3.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	81	9%	71.6%	7.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	78	9%	78.2%	4.5 min	1.3%
B6 JetBlue Airways	68	8%	66.2%	33.1 min	1.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	63	7%	54.0%	34.3 min	1.6%
OH PSA Airlines	58	7%	36.2%	48.9 min	15.5%
UA United Airlines	56	7%	71.4%	12.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	50	6%	58.0%	31.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	12	1%	58.3%	24.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROC–ORD	Rochester to Chicago	136	66.9%	10.4 min	1.5%
ROC–JFK	Rochester to New York	124	71.8%	17.8 min	3.2%
ROC–DCA	Rochester to Washington	104	45.2%	34.9 min	11.5%
ROC–BWI	Rochester to Baltimore	86	76.7%	3.0 min	0.0%
ROC–ATL	Rochester to Atlanta	81	71.6%	7.0 min	0.0%
ROC–CLT	Rochester to Charlotte	78	78.2%	4.5 min	1.3%
ROC–MCO	Rochester to Orlando	67	67.2%	37.7 min	1.5%
ROC–DTW	Rochester to Detroit	50	58.0%	31.4 min	0.0%
ROC–EWR	Rochester to Newark	29	79.3%	5.7 min	0.0%
ROC–FLL	Rochester to Fort Lauderdale	28	46.4%	21.9 min	0.0%
ROC–LAS	Rochester to Las Vegas	26	65.4%	10.8 min	0.0%
ROC–TPA	Rochester to Tampa	14	57.1%	19.6 min	7.1%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	24.3%	33.9%	4,723
Late-arriving aircraft	25.8%	36.9%	5,006
National Aviation System	38.9%	22.5%	7,564
Extreme weather	11.0%	6.6%	2,130
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

19,423 delay minutes on 263 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 February 2025?

72.7% of 853 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 85.3% of 886 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 72.7% and 2.5% in February 2025.

Provenance

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