Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International in February 2026

70.3%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 792 domestic departures from Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International (ROC). 70.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.2% reached their destination on time; 3.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so ROC departures were 7.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 853 departures with 72.7% leaving on time: a change of −2.4 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at ROC that month were on time 67.9% of the time (792 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 34%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 68.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.4%
Cancelled 3.3%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from ROC in February 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	ROC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	70.3%	72.7%	75.3%	78.1%
Arrived on time	68.2%	66.6%	74.8%	78.3%
Cancelled	3.3%	2.5%	2.7%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.6 min	20.1 min	19.9 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	28	28	17,168
Scheduled departures	792	853	10,281	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	185	23%	71.9%	7.6 min	1.1%
YX Republic Airline	158	20%	75.3%	3.9 min	4.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	106	13%	79.2%	17.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	69	9%	75.4%	0.5 min	8.7%
MQ Envoy Air	60	8%	75.0%	14.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	60	8%	41.7%	32.5 min	10.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	51	6%	27.5%	55.8 min	2.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	39	5%	66.7%	10.1 min	10.3%
UA United Airlines	37	5%	81.1%	4.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	3%	44.4%	42.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROC–ORD	Rochester to Chicago	160	71.3%	15.6 min	0.6%
ROC–BWI	Rochester to Baltimore	90	70.0%	6.1 min	2.2%
ROC–DCA	Rochester to Washington	80	45.0%	33.8 min	7.5%
ROC–ATL	Rochester to Atlanta	78	80.8%	12.3 min	0.0%
ROC–CLT	Rochester to Charlotte	74	77.0%	-0.2 min	8.1%
ROC–EWR	Rochester to Newark	56	69.6%	-0.1 min	8.9%
ROC–DTW	Rochester to Detroit	52	53.8%	41.0 min	0.0%
ROC–JFK	Rochester to New York	39	66.7%	10.1 min	10.3%
ROC–MCO	Rochester to Orlando	33	72.7%	11.8 min	0.0%
ROC–MDW	Rochester to Chicago	27	77.8%	-2.3 min	0.0%
ROC–IAD	Rochester to Washington	21	76.2%	14.1 min	0.0%
ROC–LAS	Rochester to Las Vegas	18	88.9%	-13.9 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	29.8%	38.2%	5,164
Late-arriving aircraft	33.7%	37.2%	5,853
National Aviation System	24.0%	18.5%	4,162
Extreme weather	12.5%	6.0%	2,164
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

17,343 delay minutes on 225 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 2026?

70.3% of 792 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 72.7% of 853 departures left on time and 2.5% were cancelled, against 70.3% and 3.3% in February 2026.

Provenance

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