OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Raleigh-durham to Las Vegas

2,027 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on RDU–LAS arrive on time 87% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate87%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay15 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled1.1%of scheduled flights

based on 460 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Delta Air Lines
    On-time88%
    Medianon time
    p9015 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights276
  • Southwest Airlines
    On-time85%
    Medianon time
    p9020 min
    Cancel1.1%
    Flights184

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline41%
  • Weather2%
  • Air traffic (NAS)21%
  • Late aircraft31%
  • Security4%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline40%
  • Weather60%
  • Air traffic (NAS)0%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 5 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly RDU → LAS

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 87% on time.

  • Mornings87% on time · p90 20 min · 1,293 flights
  • Middays77% on time · p90 30 min · 208 flights
  • Afternoons69% on time · p90 40 min · 190 flights · limited
  • Evenings68% on time · p90 75 min · 102 flights · limited

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 78% to 86% on time.

  • Tuesdays86% on time · p90 25 min · 232 flights
  • Thursdays85% on time · p90 20 min · 272 flights
  • Wednesdays82% on time · p90 25 min · 218 flights
  • Mondays81% on time · p90 25 min · 278 flights
  • Sundays80% on time · p90 35 min · 283 flights
  • Fridays79% on time · p90 35 min · 278 flights
  • Saturdays78% on time · p90 30 min · 300 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.