Rochester International in October 2024

91.1%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 135 domestic departures from Rochester International (RST). 91.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 91.9% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so RST departures were 5.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 141 departures with 90.1% leaving on time: a change of +1.0 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at RST that month were on time 86.7% of the time (135 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 60%, late-arriving aircraft 18% and extreme weather 14%.

On time 91.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 8.1%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	RST, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	91.1%	90.1%	70.3%	85.5%
Arrived on time	91.9%	86.5%	67.6%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.7%	4.0%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	4.4 min	23.1 min	27.9 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	5	4	20,517
Scheduled departures	135	141	1,365	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	79	59%	94.9%	-12.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	51	38%	88.2%	-4.8 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	5	4%	80.0%	-14.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RST–MSP	Rochester to Minneapolis	84	94.0%	-12.4 min	0.0%
RST–ORD	Rochester to Chicago	51	88.2%	-4.8 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	60.3%	42.7%	285
Late-arriving aircraft	18.2%	37.4%	86
National Aviation System	7.8%	16.3%	37
Extreme weather	13.7%	3.4%	65
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

473 delay minutes on 11 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 2024?

91.1% of 135 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 91.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 90.1% of 141 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 91.1% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

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