On-Time Report

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Airport month · April 2026

Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International in April 2026

81.1%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 907 domestic departures from Frederick Douglass Grtr Rochester International (ROC). 81.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.0% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so ROC departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 800 departures with 81.6% leaving on time: a change of −0.5 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at ROC that month were on time 76.3% of the time (907 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, national aviation system 34% and air carrier 22%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2026Apr 2025ROC, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time81.1%81.6%75.3%79.1%
Arrived on time81.0%78.6%74.8%78.9%
Cancelled1.2%1.1%2.7%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)15.7 min12.4 min19.9 min14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day30272819,931
Scheduled departures90780010,281597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
WN Southwest Airlines18220%84.1%0.5 min0.5%
YX Republic Airline17019%84.1%0.0 min0.6%
MQ Envoy Air11613%76.7%3.9 min5.2%
AA American Airlines8810%86.4%-3.6 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines8810%92.0%-13.4 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines768%68.4%18.1 min1.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines718%64.8%56.1 min1.4%
B6 JetBlue Airways516%88.2%-4.9 min0.0%
UA United Airlines354%88.6%2.1 min2.9%
G4 Allegiant Air303%63.3%4.4 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ROC–ORDRochester to Chicago22074.5%21.1 min3.6%
ROC–BWIRochester to Baltimore9094.4%-5.6 min0.0%
ROC–CLTRochester to Charlotte8986.5%-3.9 min0.0%
ROC–DCARochester to Washington8970.8%18.8 min1.1%
ROC–ATLRochester to Atlanta8892.0%-13.4 min0.0%
ROC–BOSRochester to Boston7584.0%-0.7 min1.3%
ROC–EWRRochester to Newark5784.2%-7.0 min0.0%
ROC–MDWRochester to Chicago5780.7%2.8 min1.8%
ROC–MCORochester to Orlando5267.3%8.9 min0.0%
ROC–JFKRochester to New York3096.7%-10.6 min0.0%
ROC–DTWRochester to Detroit2584.0%8.0 min0.0%
ROC–SRQRochester to Sarasota/Bradenton1291.7%-6.9 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 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2026Minutes
Air carrier21.7%33.5%2,981
Late-arriving aircraft43.6%40.4%5,996
National Aviation System34.1%21.0%4,694
Extreme weather0.7%5.0%92
Security0.0%0.1%0
13,763 delay minutes on 159 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 2026?

81.1% of 907 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 81.6% of 800 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 81.1% and 1.2% in April 2026.

Provenance

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