Greensboro/High Point, NC

What the Data Says About GSO

Greensboro/High Point, NC in Greensboro/High Point, North Carolina handled 116,389 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 84.6% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 17,981 experienced delays, 1,552 were cancelled, and 98 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.33%, the diversion rate to 0.08%, and the average delay when departures run late is 78.4 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing GSO against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at GSO, Late Aircraft leads the pack. Late Aircraft accounts for 38.0% of total delay minutes, followed by Carrier at 33.5% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 20.2%. Weather contributes 8.3% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.1%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, September runs the cleanest at GSO with a 95% on-time rate, while July is the roughest at 90.5% — a 5-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in October, when average flights hit 1,778. The busiest route from GSO is to GSO (Greensboro/High Point), with 14,066 flights at a 87.3% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 84.6% on-time, 78.4-minute average delay, 1.33% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Greensboro/High Point, NC.