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Airport · RDD · Redding, California

Redding, CA

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Redding, CA (RDD) ranks #220 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Redding, CA posts top-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

85.8%
On-time
Top 25%
on-time, US airports
104 min
Delay when late
0.57%
Cancelled
#220 of 382
Corpus placement
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RDD on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%85.8%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 120,642.

Late Aircraft 30.1% (36,362 min)
Carrier 43.2% (52,089 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 17.5% (21,072 min)
Weather 9.2% (11,045 min)
Security 0.1% (74 min)

RDD - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: April (95.3%) · worst: December (90.8%)

90%91%92%93%94%95%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 90.8%

RDD - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

90%92%94%96% 202020212022202320242025 95.6% 92% ▼ -3.8%

RDD - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 17.1 min · taxi-in 5 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

12 min14 min16 min18 min20 min22 min Jan 24Dec 25 16.6 min 18.4 min ▲ +10.8%

RDD's average taxi-out (17.1 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 13.9 min (July 2024) to 20.1 min (November 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Redding, CA.

Cancellation Rate

0.57%

96 of 16,709 flights

Diversion Rate

0.08%

14 of 16,709 flights

Delay Rate

14.2%

2,366 of 16,709 flights

Top Routes from RDD

Busiest routes to and from Redding, CA.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
RDD (Redding) → SFO (San Francisco) 5,037 85.8% 199 mi
SFO (San Francisco) → RDD (Redding) 5,036 84.1% 199 mi
LAX (Los Angeles) → RDD (Redding) 1,412 88% 501 mi
RDD (Redding) → LAX (Los Angeles) 1,411 90.3% 501 mi
RDD (Redding) → SEA (Seattle) 614 83.6% 479 mi
SEA (Seattle) → RDD (Redding) 614 82.1% 479 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Redding, CA, both outside California so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 85.8%).

Salt Lake City, UT

Salt Lake City, UT

85.8% on-time 1,319,985 flights

Bellingham, WA

Bellingham, WA

85.8% on-time 29,229 flights

Flagstaff, AZ

Flagstaff, AZ

85.8% on-time 22,330 flights

Rochester, MN

Rochester, MN

85.8% on-time 20,848 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 16,709).

Nantucket, MA

Nantucket, MA

17,080 flights 80.5% on-time

San Angelo, TX

San Angelo, TX

16,218 flights 86% on-time

Lincoln, NE

Lincoln, NE

16,123 flights 80.3% on-time

Mosinee, WI

Mosinee, WI

16,116 flights 87.4% on-time

Other Airports in California

Compare performance with other California airports.

LAX 82.8%

Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles · 2,137,032 flights
SFO 81%

San Francisco, CA

San Francisco · 1,466,784 flights
SAN 80.8%

San Diego, CA

San Diego · 973,807 flights
SMF 82.7%

Sacramento, CA

Sacramento · 592,833 flights
SJC 84.2%

San Jose, CA

San Jose · 546,547 flights
SNA 82.5%

Santa Ana, CA

Santa Ana · 482,186 flights
OAK 81.7%

Oakland, CA

Oakland · 472,036 flights
BUR 82.4%

Burbank, CA

Burbank · 319,148 flights

RDD delay-share reading

The standout signal at Redding, CA is the delay mix: Carrier owns 43.2% of 120,642 delay minutes across 16,709 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 85.8% (6.8 pts above the 79% national average), with 2,366 delayed and 96 cancelled (0.57%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (30.1% late-aircraft, 43.2% carrier, 17.5% NAS, 9.2% weather, 0.1% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, RDD is strongest in April (95.3% on-time) and weakest in December (90.8%), a 4.5-point swing. Volume peaks in August (~276 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to SFO (San Francisco) at 85.8% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for California: California flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using RDD's data

RDD's on-time book is stronger than most peers; the remaining risk sits in the delay mix, not a weak headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from RDD before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in April rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 17.1 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.