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Airport month · April 2025

Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International in April 2025

81.6%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 800 domestic departures from Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International (ROC). 81.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.6% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so ROC departures were 1.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 947 departures with 83.8% leaving on time: a change of −2.2 points, with flights down 16%.

Flights arriving at ROC that month were on time 78.6% of the time (799 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 43%, national aviation system 30% and air carrier 24%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2025Apr 2024ROC, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time81.6%83.8%75.3%80.6%
Arrived on time78.6%84.7%74.8%79.5%
Cancelled1.1%1.2%2.7%0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)12.4 min12.9 min19.9 min14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day27322819,465
Scheduled departures80094710,281583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OH PSA Airlines16220%71.6%16.2 min1.2%
WN Southwest Airlines16220%76.5%8.4 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air11314%73.5%6.6 min1.8%
DL Delta Air Lines9111%74.7%2.9 min0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines658%90.8%-10.4 min0.0%
UA United Airlines567%92.9%-5.7 min1.8%
AA American Airlines446%84.1%5.0 min2.3%
YX Republic Airline375%86.5%-7.4 min2.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways314%93.5%-10.5 min3.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines304%80.0%7.7 min3.3%
G4 Allegiant Air91%55.6%18.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ROC–ORDRochester to Chicago20277.7%3.9 min2.5%
ROC–DCARochester to Washington11669.0%19.4 min1.7%
ROC–BWIRochester to Baltimore9182.4%1.0 min0.0%
ROC–ATLRochester to Atlanta9075.6%1.9 min0.0%
ROC–CLTRochester to Charlotte9081.1%6.7 min1.1%
ROC–MCORochester to Orlando6891.2%-10.1 min0.0%
ROC–JFKRochester to New York3193.5%-10.5 min3.2%
ROC–EWRRochester to Newark30100.0%-12.3 min0.0%
ROC–LASRochester to Las Vegas3043.3%34.7 min0.0%
ROC–FLLRochester to Fort Lauderdale1984.2%2.1 min0.0%
ROC–MYRRochester to Myrtle Beach12100.0%-11.0 min0.0%
ROC–PGDRochester to Punta Gorda955.6%18.0 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2025Minutes
Air carrier24.4%32.7%2,406
Late-arriving aircraft42.6%39.4%4,208
National Aviation System29.7%22.2%2,931
Extreme weather2.9%5.5%288
Security0.4%0.2%41
9,874 delay minutes on 162 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 April 2025?

81.6% of 800 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 83.8% of 947 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 81.6% and 1.1% in April 2025.

Provenance

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