Airport reliability

Reno (RNO) on-time performance

How reliably flights leave Reno, NV (RNO) and reach their destinations, by airline, departure hour and month, September 2025 to August 2026.

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Reno, NV21,126 departures in 12 months

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Departures on time: 79.5%
Cancelled: 0.9%
60+ minutes late: 6.4%
Scheduled departures: 21,126

What this means

RNO departures beat the U.S. average.

79.5% of the 21,126 scheduled departures from Reno (RNO) arrived at their destination on time, 3.9 points higher than the U.S. average of 75.6%.
0.9% of departures were cancelled (U.S. average 1.9%), and 6.4% arrived an hour or more late.
Flights arriving at RNO were on time 78.0% of the time.
Among airlines with at least 300 departures, Delta Air Lines was the most punctual from RNO (85.3%) and Frontier Airlines the least (67.9%).
Over the last 3 years, November was the most reliable month for departures from RNO (84.9% on time) and July the least reliable (75.9%).
Cancellations peaked in February, when 2.3% of flights were cancelled.
Flights scheduled to depart before 6 am were the most punctual (94.1% on time); flights scheduled to depart 8 pm to 9 pm were the least (65.1%).

Airlines at RNO

Ranked by on-time arrival

Departures from RNO, September 2025 to August 2026. On time means arrived at the destination within 15 minutes of schedule.
Airline	On time	Cancelled	60+ min late	Avg delay when late	Departures
Delta Air Lines	85.3%	0.5%	6.0%	106 min	1,133
Spirit Airlines	85.0%	1.9%	6.0%	83 min	420
American Airlines	82.4%	1.9%	6.3%	114 min	2,373
Southwest Airlines	80.1%	0.6%	5.7%	56 min	8,459
Alaska Airlines	80.1%	0.9%	4.9%	56 min	1,012
SkyWest AirlinesSold as United Express, Delta Connection, American Eagle, Alaska	79.7%	1.0%	5.6%	66 min	3,996
Envoy AirSold as American Eagle	78.6%	0.6%	6.0%	52 min	332
United Airlines	74.5%	0.6%	8.8%	65 min	2,825
Frontier Airlines	67.9%	1.9%	15.8%	96 min	424
JetBlue Airways	52.0%	6.6%	15.8%	136 min	152

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On-time rate by departure hour

<6a 94.1%

6a 90.5%

7a 85.2%

8a 73.2%

9a 87.8%

10a 85.0%

11a 72.8%

12p 82.1%

1p 78.6%

2p 66.5%

3p 72.7%

4p 68.7%

5p 74.6%

6p 67.9%

7p 70.2%

8p 65.1%

9p 71.3%

10p 76.9%

11p 74.1%

Share of scheduled flights on time RNO average 79.5%

Departures from RNO by scheduled local departure hour, September 2025 to August 2026. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
Departing before 6 am	94.1%	1,418
Departing 6 am to 7 am	90.5%	2,779
Departing 7 am to 8 am	85.2%	1,435
Departing 8 am to 9 am	73.2%	824
Departing 9 am to 10 am	87.8%	1,569
Departing 10 am to 11 am	85.0%	1,705
Departing 11 am to noon	72.8%	1,314
Departing noon to 1 pm	82.1%	1,221
Departing 1 pm to 2 pm	78.6%	1,442
Departing 2 pm to 3 pm	66.5%	1,255
Departing 3 pm to 4 pm	72.7%	970
Departing 4 pm to 5 pm	68.7%	835
Departing 5 pm to 6 pm	74.6%	1,011
Departing 6 pm to 7 pm	67.9%	1,117
Departing 7 pm to 8 pm	70.2%	941
Departing 8 pm to 9 pm	65.1%	593
Departing 9 pm to 10 pm	71.3%	181
Departing 10 pm to 11 pm	76.9%	195
Departing 11 pm to midnight	74.1%	321

Best and worst months at RNO

Jan 84.4%

Feb 79.7%

Mar 79.2%

Apr 81.5%

May 81.0%

Jun 78.9%

Jul 75.9%

Aug 78.2%

Sep 83.7%

Oct 83.7%

Nov 84.9%

Dec 81.9%

Share of scheduled flights on time 12-month average 79.5%

Departures from RNO by calendar month, September 2023 to August 2026 pooled. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
January	84.4%	4,882
February	79.7%	4,629
March	79.2%	5,325
April	81.5%	4,963
May	81.0%	5,200
June	78.9%	5,646
July	75.9%	6,041
August	78.2%	5,891
September	83.7%	5,177
October	83.7%	5,201
November	84.9%	4,919
December	81.9%	5,108

Month by month, last 12 months

Sep 84.8%

Oct 80.4%

Nov 80.8%

Dec 78.0%

Jan 87.7%

Feb 80.2%

Mar 82.6%

Apr 79.3%

May 78.8%

Jun 74.9%

Jul 75.5%

Aug 73.6%

Share of scheduled flights on time U.S. average 75.6%

Departures from RNO, September 2025 to August 2026. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
Sep 2025	84.8%	1,655
Oct 2025	80.4%	1,616
Nov 2025	80.8%	1,615
Dec 2025	78.0%	1,695
Jan 2026	87.7%	1,664
Feb 2026	80.2%	1,619
Mar 2026	82.6%	1,830
Apr 2026	79.3%	1,631
May 2026	78.8%	1,708
Jun 2026	74.9%	1,946
Jul 2026	75.5%	2,124
Aug 2026	73.6%	2,023

Busiest routes from RNO

Nonstop routes from RNO by scheduled flights, September 2025 to August 2026.
To	On time	Cancelled	Airlines	Flights
Las Vegas (LAS)	80.6%	0.9%	3	4,136
Los Angeles (LAX)	86.8%	0.5%	3	2,472
Denver (DEN)	85.8%	0.3%	4	2,438
Phoenix (PHX)	84.0%	0.6%	5	2,438
San Francisco (SFO)	58.4%	1.4%	2	1,980
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW)	79.4%	2.7%	1	1,274
San Diego (SAN)	69.0%	1.3%	3	1,248
Salt Lake City (SLC)	89.8%	0.2%	2	1,201
Seattle (SEA)	75.8%	1.0%	2	905
Long Beach (LGB)	80.6%	1.0%	1	687
Burbank (BUR)	81.8%	0.2%	1	424
Chicago (ORD)	76.1%	1.9%	1	364
Portland (PDX)	92.7%	0.0%	2	317
Atlanta (ATL)	74.8%	1.3%	1	310
San Jose (SJC)	69.1%	0.4%	1	243
Austin (AUS)	70.7%	0.0%	1	191
New York (JFK)	53.0%	6.7%	1	149
Chicago (MDW)	91.2%	0.0%	1	102
Dallas (DAL)	76.3%	1.0%	1	97
Minneapolis (MSP)	88.2%	0.0%	1	93

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Sources & data dates

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987-present)
Period: September 2025 to August 2026 (12 months); month-of-year patterns September 2023 to August 2026
Data through: August 2026
Processed: 2026-11-03
Scope: Scheduled nonstop domestic departures from Reno, NV (RNO) by airlines that report to the DOT.
Method: Rates use all scheduled flights as the denominator; cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time. Figures based on fewer than 50 scheduled flights are suppressed. Full methodology.

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