Rochester International in August 2024

83.8%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 117 domestic departures from Rochester International (RST). 83.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.8% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so RST departures were 8.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 62 departures with 85.5% leaving on time: a change of −1.7 points, with flights up 89%.

Flights arriving at RST that month were on time 78.4% of the time (116 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, national aviation system 32% and air carrier 15%.

On time 77.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.9%

Every scheduled departure from RST in August 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	RST, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	83.8%	85.5%	70.3%	75.4%
Arrived on time	77.8%	88.7%	67.6%	74.7%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	4.0%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.2 min	5.3 min	27.9 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	2	4	20,634
Scheduled departures	117	62	1,365	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	53%	91.9%	-4.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	32	27%	68.8%	10.4 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	23	20%	52.2%	20.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RST–MSP	Rochester to Minneapolis	85	81.2%	2.0 min	0.0%
RST–ORD	Rochester to Chicago	32	68.8%	10.4 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	15.1%	33.8%	156
Late-arriving aircraft	47.6%	39.8%	491
National Aviation System	31.9%	20.4%	329
Extreme weather	5.4%	5.9%	56
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

1,032 delay minutes on 25 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 August 2024?

83.8% of 117 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 85.5% of 62 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 83.8% and 0.0% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2024; 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.