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Airport month · January 2026
Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International in January 2026
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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 754 domestic departures from Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International (ROC). 67.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 64.7% reached their destination on time; 6.8% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so ROC departures were 8.1 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 858 departures with 77.2% leaving on time: a change of −9.7 points, with flights down 12%.
Flights arriving at ROC that month were on time 68.2% of the time (759 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 21%.
- On time 64.7%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.4%
- Cancelled 6.8%
- Diverted 0.1%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | ROC, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 67.5% | 77.2% | 75.3% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 64.7% | 74.0% | 74.8% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 6.8% | 2.2% | 2.7% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 26.4 min | 16.9 min | 19.9 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 25 | 29 | 28 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 754 | 858 | 10,281 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YX Republic Airline | 181 | 24% | 71.3% | 8.9 min | 8.3% |
| WN Southwest Airlines | 169 | 22% | 69.2% | 5.5 min | 2.4% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 109 | 14% | 65.1% | 11.2 min | 7.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 80 | 11% | 67.5% | 35.2 min | 10.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 45 | 6% | 60.0% | 19.4 min | 11.1% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 41 | 5% | 34.1% | 97.4 min | 4.9% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 40 | 5% | 57.5% | 19.5 min | 10.0% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 38 | 5% | 73.7% | -2.5 min | 5.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 35 | 5% | 54.3% | 12.5 min | 2.9% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 9 | 1% | 33.3% | 34.3 min | 11.1% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 7 | 1% | 42.9% | 53.5 min | 14.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROC–ORD | Rochester to Chicago | 157 | 65.6% | 21.4 min | 3.8% |
| ROC–BWI | Rochester to Baltimore | 94 | 80.9% | -5.6 min | 3.2% |
| ROC–DCA | Rochester to Washington | 85 | 58.8% | 14.2 min | 12.9% |
| ROC–CLT | Rochester to Charlotte | 84 | 69.0% | 32.2 min | 9.5% |
| ROC–ATL | Rochester to Atlanta | 82 | 63.4% | 12.7 min | 7.3% |
| ROC–EWR | Rochester to Newark | 52 | 65.4% | 8.9 min | 9.6% |
| ROC–JFK | Rochester to New York | 45 | 60.0% | 19.4 min | 11.1% |
| ROC–DTW | Rochester to Detroit | 41 | 58.5% | 38.2 min | 4.9% |
| ROC–MCO | Rochester to Orlando | 40 | 52.5% | 25.5 min | 2.5% |
| ROC–MDW | Rochester to Chicago | 27 | 66.7% | 5.6 min | 3.7% |
| ROC–IAD | Rochester to Washington | 18 | 66.7% | 27.7 min | 11.1% |
| ROC–LAS | Rochester to Las Vegas | 10 | 40.0% | 51.8 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ROC on time in January 2026?
67.5% of 754 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 64.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 77.2% of 858 departures left on time and 2.2% were cancelled, against 67.5% and 6.8% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.