Airport month record
RDUNOV
Raleigh-Durham International in November 2025
- Departures
- 4,796
- Month
- November 2025
- National, same month
- 79.4%
- Carriers
- 11
Historical statistics for November 2025, not live status or a forecast for this year’s November. For today’s conditions at RDU, see live FAA status.
RDU in November lands a B, about a point better than the national rate of 79.4%. About one flight in five arrives 15 minutes late or worse, and those flights are late by a little over an hour on average. That is a workable record, not a spotless one. That rests on 4,796 flights, of which Delta Air Lines flew 1,039 at 86.1% on time.
Delta Air Lines is the most reliable of the six carriers covered here at 86.1% on time across 1,039 flights.
Key figures
On time
80.4%
Arrivals under 15 minutes late, of 4,690 completed departures
Avg delay
80 min
Across delayed arrivals only, not all flights
Cancelled
2.04%
Nationally in November: 2.49%
Whole year
79.0%
RDU across all twelve months
These figures cover 4,796 departures from Raleigh-Durham International in November 2025. On time means an arrival less than 15 minutes after the scheduled gate time, the DOT's threshold, and the national comparison uses every US departure in the same month rather than the whole year.
Against the year
November next to RDU's other months
Against RDU's own year, November ran about a point better than the twelve-month rate of 79.0%, which makes it number six of twelve months, best first. Either side of it, October ran 79.0% on time and December 73.5%, so a trip moved by a few weeks would have landed in a worse stretch.
| Month | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2025 | 4,907 | 71.6% | 97 min | 3.81% | C− |
| August 2025 | 4,640 | 78.7% | 82 min | 1.34% | B |
| September 2025 | 4,484 | 84.6% | 81 min | 0.51% | B+ |
| October 2025 | 4,929 | 79.0% | 67 min | 0.63% | B+ |
| November 2025 (this page) | 4,796 | 80.4% | 80 min | 2.04% | B |
| December 2025 | 4,803 | 73.5% | 76 min | 1.71% | C |
| January 2026 | 4,163 | 81.0% | 76 min | 8.17% | B− |
| February 2026 | 3,954 | 82.1% | 76 min | 3.69% | B− |
| March 2026 | 4,658 | 77.2% | 83 min | 2.81% | B |
| April 2026 | 4,748 | 82.4% | 70 min | 0.63% | B+ |
| May 2026 | 4,884 | 81.4% | 67 min | 0.86% | B+ |
| June 2026 | 4,615 | 77.2% | 84 min | 2.08% | B |
Departure window
The best time of day to leave RDU in November
Departure time matters more here than the choice of carrier. The gap between the best and worst window is 22 points, against 15 points between the best and worst carrier. Each bar is the on-time rate for flights scheduled inside that window.
- 5am–8am1,133 flights90.6%
- 8am–11am757 flights88.7%
- 11am–2pm883 flights77.9%
- 2pm–5pm793 flights73.5%
- 5pm–8pm953 flights72.8%
- 8pm–5am277 flights68.4%
Scale runs 60% to 95%. Rows with fewer than 30 flights show a dash.
Book the early departure. Flights leaving between 5am–8am arrive on time 90.6% of the time, against 68.4% for the overnight window. That is 22 points of difference for no extra money, and it comes from the same aircraft having had no earlier flight to fall behind on. The 5am–8am window is the busiest, with 1,133 flights scheduled in it.
Across the week, Wednesday is the strongest day at 85.2% on time and Sunday the weakest at 73.0%. 12 points is a smaller lever than departure hour, but it is free.
Carrier by carrier
Which airlines ran best at RDU in November
The choice of carrier is not cosmetic here. Delta Air Lines arrives on time 86.1% of the time; Republic Airways manages 70.9%. Sample sizes sit next to every figure, because a two-point gap across 596 flights means less than a ten-point one.
| Airline | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 1,039 | 86.1% | 82 min | 1.64% | A |
| Southwest Airlines | 815 | 84.7% | 55 min | 1.35% | B |
| American Airlines | 800 | 83.2% | 94 min | 1.38% | B |
| Republic Airways | 596 | 70.9% | 72 min | 4.70% | C− |
| United Airlines | 585 | 79.4% | 98 min | 1.37% | B |
| Frontier Airlines | 386 | 72.2% | 96 min | 3.11% | C− |
| JetBlue Airwaysthin sample | 293 | 78.1% | 73 min | 1.71% | B |
| PSA Airlinesthin sample | 103 | 70.6% | 66 min | 0.97% | C+ |
| Envoy Airthin sample | 83 | 69.5% | 61 min | 1.20% | C |
| Spirit Airlinesthin sample | 59 | 80.0% | 66 min | 5.08% | B− |
| Alaska Airlinesthin sample | 37 | 80.6% | 46 min | 2.70% | B |
Republic Airways cancels 4.7% of what it schedules here, the highest in the table. A cancelled flight never appears in an on-time rate, so read that column alongside the punctuality one rather than after it.
Route by route
Busiest routes out of RDU in November
| Route | Flights | On time | Avg delay | Cancelled | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RDU to ATL · Atlanta | 397 | 87.7% | 74 min | 1.76% | A |
| RDU to ORD · Chicagothin sample | 309 | 75.1% | 91 min | 3.88% | B− |
| RDU to LGA · New Yorkthin sample | 256 | 58.2% | 98 min | 4.69% | D− |
| RDU to BOS · Bostonthin sample | 249 | 82.9% | 85 min | 1.20% | B |
| RDU to JFK · New Yorkthin sample | 247 | 76.7% | 72 min | 4.45% | B− |
| RDU to CLT · Charlottethin sample | 244 | 86.7% | 117 min | 1.23% | A |
| RDU to MCO · Orlandothin sample | 203 | 83.7% | 99 min | 2.96% | B |
| RDU to DFW · Dallas-Fort Worththin sample | 202 | 84.3% | 82 min | 1.49% | B |
| RDU to PHL · Philadelphiathin sample | 193 | 71.2% | 89 min | 1.04% | C |
| RDU to EWR · Newarkthin sample | 190 | 71.0% | 122 min | 3.68% | C− |
| RDU to BNA · Nashvillethin sample | 187 | 81.1% | 51 min | 1.07% | B |
| RDU to MIA · Miamithin sample | 185 | 76.5% | 87 min | 0.54% | B+ |
| RDU to DCA · Washingtonthin sample | 163 | 62.8% | 53 min | 3.68% | D− |
| RDU to BWI · Baltimorethin sample | 160 | 92.9% | 38 min | 3.75% | A− |
| RDU to DTW · Detroitthin sample | 150 | 89.3% | 73 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| RDU to DEN · Denverthin sample | 138 | 84.8% | 58 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| RDU to FLL · Fort Lauderdalethin sample | 122 | 78.2% | 54 min | 1.64% | B |
| RDU to IAD · Washingtonthin sample | 118 | 83.8% | 34 min | 0.85% | B+ |
| RDU to MSP · Minneapolisthin sample | 106 | 92.4% | 48 min | 0.94% | A+ |
| RDU to TPA · Tampathin sample | 105 | 77.5% | 50 min | 2.86% | B |
| RDU to MDW · Chicagothin sample | 85 | 93.9% | 103 min | 3.53% | A− |
| RDU to SFO · San Franciscothin sample | 80 | 86.2% | 69 min | 0.00% | A+ |
| RDU to IAH · Houstonthin sample | 79 | 75.0% | 42 min | 3.80% | B− |
| RDU to PHX · Phoenixthin sample | 70 | 84.1% | 68 min | 0.00% | B+ |
| RDU to LAX · Los Angelesthin sample | 69 | 88.4% | 115 min | 0.00% | A+ |
Delay causes
What held RDU up in November
Carriers report a reason for every delay minute they cause, in five DOT categories. The split below is by minutes, not by number of flights, so a handful of very long weather delays weighs as much as many short ones. It covers 74,000 reported delay minutes.
- 42%Late-arriving aircraft
- 32%National Airspace System
- 24%Carrier
- 3%Extreme weather
- 0%Security
42% of delay minutes trace back to a late-arriving aircraft, meaning the plane was already behind before it got here. That is a cascade, and cascades start small and grow through the day. Across 74,000 reported delay minutes here, that single category outweighs weather by 16 to one. It is the strongest argument for booking the first departure of the morning, when the aircraft has been sitting at the gate overnight with nothing to inherit. The split is drawn from 73,505 reported delay minutes.
Cancellations sit at 2.04% against a national 2.49%, which is ordinary. Diversions add another 0.17%.
8.0% of arrivals land an hour or more late, close to the national 7.8%. That is the figure that decides a connection, and it says a 60 to 75 minute layover is reasonable here while anything under 45 minutes is a bet. Most delays on this route last a little over an hour, which a normal layover absorbs.
What to do with this
Flying from RDU in November
For a November trip through RDU: expect 80.4% on time and 2.04% cancelled, going by November 2025. The 5am–8am window was the strongest part of the day.
Related
Where to go next
- Raleigh-Durham International (RDU), the whole year
- RDU in July71.6%
- RDU in August78.7%
- RDU in September84.6%
- RDU in October79.0%
- RDU in December73.5%
- RDU in January81.0%
- RDU in February82.1%
- RDU in March77.2%
- RDU in April82.4%
- RDU in May81.4%
- RDU in June77.2%
Source: US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, on-time performance data, July 2025 to June 2026. Last updated 15 September 2026; recomputed monthly. How this data is collected.