Rochester International in October 2023

90.1%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 141 domestic departures from Rochester International (RST). 90.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.5% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so RST departures were 6.3 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RST that month were on time 81.6% of the time (141 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 63%, air carrier 18% and extreme weather 18%.

On time 86.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.8%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from RST in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	RST, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	90.1%	—	70.3%	83.8%
Arrived on time	86.5%	—	67.6%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.7%	—	4.0%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.1 min	—	27.9 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	—	4	19,966
Scheduled departures	141	—	1,365	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	72	51%	87.5%	1.2 min	1.4%
YX Republic Airline	48	34%	83.3%	16.4 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	21	15%	90.5%	31.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RST–MSP	Rochester to Minneapolis	93	88.2%	8.2 min	1.1%
RST–ORD	Rochester to Chicago	48	83.3%	16.4 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	18.0%	41.3%	572
Late-arriving aircraft	62.7%	40.5%	1,995
National Aviation System	0.8%	14.4%	26
Extreme weather	18.0%	3.7%	573
Security	0.6%	0.2%	18

3,184 delay minutes on 18 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 RST on time in October 2023?

90.1% of 141 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for RST · methodology · corrections.