Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International in March 2025

80.9%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 834 domestic departures from Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International (ROC). 80.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.5% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so ROC departures were 1.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 935 departures with 87.2% leaving on time: a change of −6.3 points, with flights down 11%.

Flights arriving at ROC that month were on time 75.7% of the time (832 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 51%, national aviation system 25% and air carrier 21%.

On time 81.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.5%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	ROC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	80.9%	87.2%	75.3%	79.9%
Arrived on time	81.5%	87.2%	74.8%	79.3%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.0%	2.7%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.9 min	10.5 min	19.9 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	28	31	28	20,029
Scheduled departures	834	935	10,281	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	168	20%	85.1%	-4.5 min	1.2%
OH PSA Airlines	101	12%	69.3%	8.4 min	3.0%
YX Republic Airline	95	11%	84.2%	-2.5 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	91	11%	85.7%	-6.0 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	90	11%	87.8%	-0.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	90	11%	77.8%	12.3 min	1.1%
UA United Airlines	61	7%	90.2%	-10.8 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	60	7%	76.7%	33.4 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	50	6%	72.0%	1.3 min	4.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	19	2%	94.7%	3.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	1%	55.6%	26.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROC–ORD	Rochester to Chicago	178	83.7%	3.6 min	0.6%
ROC–DCA	Rochester to Washington	114	68.4%	7.9 min	2.6%
ROC–BWI	Rochester to Baltimore	93	84.9%	-4.6 min	2.2%
ROC–ATL	Rochester to Atlanta	91	85.7%	-6.0 min	0.0%
ROC–CLT	Rochester to Charlotte	90	87.8%	-0.9 min	0.0%
ROC–JFK	Rochester to New York	77	77.9%	28.4 min	0.0%
ROC–MCO	Rochester to Orlando	71	87.3%	-5.2 min	1.4%
ROC–EWR	Rochester to Newark	32	90.6%	-13.3 min	0.0%
ROC–LAS	Rochester to Las Vegas	31	71.0%	3.3 min	0.0%
ROC–DTW	Rochester to Detroit	17	100.0%	-9.1 min	0.0%
ROC–FLL	Rochester to Fort Lauderdale	15	53.3%	5.4 min	6.7%
ROC–PGD	Rochester to Punta Gorda	9	55.6%	26.6 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	20.7%	33.0%	2,469
Late-arriving aircraft	50.5%	39.2%	6,028
National Aviation System	25.2%	21.9%	3,014
Extreme weather	3.6%	5.9%	428
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

11,939 delay minutes on 146 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 March 2025?

80.9% of 834 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 87.2% of 935 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 80.9% and 1.0% in March 2025.

Provenance

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