Roswell Air Center in May 2026

75.2%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 133 domestic departures from Roswell Air Center (ROW). 75.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.4% reached their destination on time; 3.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so ROW departures were 1.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 66 departures with 81.8% leaving on time: a change of −6.6 points, with flights up 102%.

Flights arriving at ROW that month were on time 73.7% of the time (133 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 60%, late-arriving aircraft 19% and national aviation system 14%.

On time 71.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.6%
Cancelled 3.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from ROW in May 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	ROW, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	75.2%	81.8%	77.9%	77.1%
Arrived on time	71.4%	78.8%	76.8%	77.6%
Cancelled	3.0%	0.0%	2.0%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	32.6 min	16.6 min	23.5 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	2	3	20,391
Scheduled departures	133	66	1,157	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	86	65%	62.8%	40.6 min	3.5%
MQ Envoy Air	47	35%	87.2%	-2.4 min	2.1%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ROW–DFW	Roswell to Dallas/Fort Worth	71	78.9%	13.5 min	4.2%
ROW–DEN	Roswell to Denver	62	62.9%	38.4 min	1.6%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	60.1%	33.0%	2,564
Late-arriving aircraft	19.1%	40.4%	817
National Aviation System	13.9%	20.5%	593
Extreme weather	6.9%	6.0%	295
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

4,269 delay minutes on 34 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 ROW on time in May 2026?

75.2% of 133 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 81.8% of 66 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 75.2% and 3.0% in May 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 2026; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ROW · methodology · corrections.