Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International in October 2025

81.4%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 802 domestic departures from Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International (ROC). 81.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.9% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so ROC departures were 1.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 1,054 departures with 87.8% leaving on time: a change of −6.4 points, with flights down 24%.

Flights arriving at ROC that month were on time 79.7% of the time (803 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 80.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	ROC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	81.4%	87.8%	75.3%	80.0%
Arrived on time	80.9%	88.3%	74.8%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.4%	2.7%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.5 min	7.2 min	19.9 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	27	35	28	20,195
Scheduled departures	802	1,054	10,281	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	182	23%	80.2%	7.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	116	14%	75.0%	5.8 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	88	11%	89.8%	-4.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	87	11%	88.5%	-1.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	68	8%	82.4%	3.5 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	60	7%	85.0%	-4.4 min	1.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	59	7%	78.0%	26.3 min	1.7%
UA United Airlines	58	7%	63.8%	21.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	51	6%	80.4%	12.6 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	24	3%	95.8%	-5.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	1%	66.7%	26.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROC–ORD	Rochester to Chicago	200	73.0%	9.9 min	0.0%
ROC–BWI	Rochester to Baltimore	93	80.6%	8.1 min	0.0%
ROC–ATL	Rochester to Atlanta	88	89.8%	-4.4 min	0.0%
ROC–DCA	Rochester to Washington	88	86.4%	2.7 min	0.0%
ROC–CLT	Rochester to Charlotte	82	85.4%	5.0 min	0.0%
ROC–JFK	Rochester to New York	60	85.0%	-4.4 min	1.7%
ROC–MCO	Rochester to Orlando	45	77.8%	3.1 min	0.0%
ROC–DTW	Rochester to Detroit	31	80.6%	20.2 min	0.0%
ROC–MDW	Rochester to Chicago	31	93.5%	-6.5 min	0.0%
ROC–LGA	Rochester to New York	27	74.1%	35.1 min	3.7%
ROC–LAS	Rochester to Las Vegas	25	72.0%	21.7 min	0.0%
ROC–PGD	Rochester to Punta Gorda	9	66.7%	26.8 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 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.7%	34.0%	3,081
Late-arriving aircraft	41.5%	39.7%	4,299
National Aviation System	22.8%	22.9%	2,366
Extreme weather	5.9%	3.3%	615
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

10,361 delay minutes on 149 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 2025?

81.4% of 802 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 87.8% of 1,054 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 81.4% and 0.4% in October 2025.

Provenance

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