Best time to fly out of Redding (RDD)
The early-flight folk wisdom holds up at Redding: departures in the 6–8am band left on time 91.2% of the time, against 82% in the 2–4pm band. These are historical odds, not forecasts. The records say what happened on this schedule over three years; they know nothing about tomorrow’s thunderstorm.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
On-time rate by hour and day
On this page, “on time” means a departure that pushed back less than 15 minutes behind its scheduled time — the Bureau of Transportation Statistics definition, and the one airlines are held to.
| Departure time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before 6am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6–8am | 88 | 94 | 94 | 91 | 89 | 89 | 93 |
| 8–10am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10am–12pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12–2pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2–4pm | 84 | 85 | 85 | 81 | 78 | 81 | 81 |
| 4–6pm | 85 | – | 82 | 88 | 87 | – | 86 |
| 6–8pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8–10pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10pm–12am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
The steadiest stretch at RDD was 6–8am — 91.2% of departures left on time across 839 flights. The weakest was 2–4pm at 82%.
The year at RDD
June was the hard month at RDD: 78.4% of departures left on time, across 436 flights. January was the easy one at 88.7%. Each month pools three years of that month, so a single bad week does not decide it.
| Month | Share departures that left on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | 88.7% | 362 |
| February | 86.5% | 338 |
| March | 87.4% | 392 |
| April | 84.4% | 385 |
| May | 82.5% | 400 |
| June | 78.4% | 436 |
| July | 84% | 451 |
| August | 83.8% | 465 |
| September | 85.8% | 416 |
| October | 87.7% | 342 |
| November | 86% | 423 |
| December | 80.8% | 432 |
Airlines at RDD
Every airline with at least 100 departures from RDD, busiest first. These are that airline’s departures from this airport only — its record across the country sits on its own page.
| Airline | Left on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 84.5% | 112 min | 0.7% | 4,842 |
What delays out of RDD were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 895 flights that departed RDD and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 34.8% put down to airline operations and 32% to late-arriving aircraft.
- Late-arriving aircraft 32%
- Airline operations 34.8%
- Air traffic & airport volume 23.3%
- Severe weather 9.9%
- Security 0.1%
Late-arriving aircraft is the knock-on category: the plane came in late, so it went out late again. It is why a 7am problem in Newark is still a problem in Denver at dinnertime, and why it is usually the biggest slice on the bar.
If you are connecting through RDD
Of 4,842 scheduled arrivals into RDD, 81.2% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 865 arrivals that ran late, 52.4% were no more than 45 minutes behind — which is the difference between a tight connection and a new boarding pass.
Work out a specific layover — pick the airport and the minutes you have, and the tool reads the same arrival records back as a share.
Busiest routes out of RDD
Ranked by flights, with the share that arrived on time at the far end. Where a route carries enough flights for a page of its own the chip goes there; otherwise it goes to the destination airport.
RDD in one number
Redding (RDD)
Rank 210 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: 6–8am. Hardest month: June.
Questions about RDD
- What is the best time of day to fly out of Redding?
- 6–8am. Departures in that band left on time 91.2% of the time across 839 flights, July 2023 through June 2026 — the best of the ten bands in the day. The 2–4pm band was the weakest at 82%.
- What is the worst month to fly out of RDD?
- June: 78.4% of the departures that flew left on time, with 436 scheduled. January was the other end of the year at 88.7%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- How often are flights cancelled at RDD?
- 0.7% of scheduled departures were cancelled over July 2023 through June 2026. Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled, not against everything that flew — a rate that looks small still adds up to real people in a rebooking line.