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Airport month · March 2026
Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International in March 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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 845 domestic departures from Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International (ROC). 73.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.2% reached their destination on time; 3.2% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so ROC departures were 0.8 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 834 departures with 80.9% leaving on time: a change of −7.3 points, with flights up 1%.
Flights arriving at ROC that month were on time 68.4% of the time (844 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 34%, national aviation system 33% and air carrier 27%.
- On time 72.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.0%
- Cancelled 3.2%
- Diverted 0.6%
March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 | ROC, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 73.6% | 80.9% | 75.3% | 72.8% |
| Arrived on time | 72.2% | 81.5% | 74.8% | 73.2% |
| Cancelled | 3.2% | 1.0% | 2.7% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 21.3 min | 15.9 min | 19.9 min | 20.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 28 | 28 | 28 | 20,403 |
| Scheduled departures | 845 | 834 | 10,281 | 612,102 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 193 | 23% | 66.3% | 14.4 min | 2.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 127 | 15% | 81.9% | 5.3 min | 1.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 97 | 11% | 88.7% | -7.0 min | 3.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 89 | 11% | 66.3% | 19.6 min | 4.5% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 85 | 10% | 48.2% | 54.7 min | 10.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 79 | 9% | 79.7% | -1.6 min | 1.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 59 | 7% | 81.4% | 12.9 min | 3.4% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 47 | 6% | 87.2% | -1.1 min | 2.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 39 | 5% | 79.5% | 2.7 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 30 | 4% | 30.0% | 37.0 min | 3.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROC–ORD | Rochester to Chicago | 154 | 69.5% | 17.4 min | 3.2% |
| ROC–BWI | Rochester to Baltimore | 93 | 78.5% | 9.1 min | 1.1% |
| ROC–ATL | Rochester to Atlanta | 90 | 87.8% | -7.4 min | 3.3% |
| ROC–DCA | Rochester to Washington | 86 | 48.8% | 53.7 min | 10.5% |
| ROC–CLT | Rochester to Charlotte | 83 | 80.7% | -2.6 min | 1.2% |
| ROC–DTW | Rochester to Detroit | 59 | 86.4% | 7.7 min | 1.7% |
| ROC–MDW | Rochester to Chicago | 58 | 58.6% | 19.7 min | 3.4% |
| ROC–JFK | Rochester to New York | 42 | 85.7% | 0.9 min | 2.4% |
| ROC–MCO | Rochester to Orlando | 40 | 50.0% | 17.7 min | 2.5% |
| ROC–EWR | Rochester to Newark | 39 | 82.1% | -10.2 min | 5.1% |
| ROC–BOS | Rochester to Boston | 31 | 87.1% | -0.8 min | 0.0% |
| ROC–IAD | Rochester to Washington | 29 | 82.8% | 3.9 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left ROC on time in March 2026?
73.6% of 845 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2025, 80.9% of 834 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 73.6% and 3.2% in March 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.