Rochester International in March 2026

62.8%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 121 domestic departures from Rochester International (RST). 62.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 56.2% reached their destination on time; 9.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so RST departures were 10.0 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at RST that month were on time 61.2% of the time (121 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 56.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 33.9%
Cancelled 9.9%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from RST in March 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Year earlier	RST, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	62.8%	—	70.3%	72.8%
Arrived on time	56.2%	—	67.6%	73.2%
Cancelled	9.9%	—	4.0%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.2 min	—	27.9 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	—	4	20,403
Scheduled departures	121	—	1,365	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	86	71%	54.7%	17.2 min	11.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	35	29%	60.0%	30.4 min	5.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RST–ORD	Rochester to Chicago	94	54.3%	20.9 min	10.6%
RST–MSP	Rochester to Minneapolis	27	63.0%	22.4 min	7.4%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	36.5%	33.5%	977
Late-arriving aircraft	35.0%	39.3%	938
National Aviation System	21.2%	21.0%	567
Extreme weather	7.3%	5.9%	195
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,677 delay minutes on 41 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 March 2026?

62.8% of 121 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 56.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 2025 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 March 2026; 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.