Bend/Redmond, OR

What the Data Says About RDM

Bend/Redmond, OR in Bend/Redmond, Oregon handled 75,747 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 86% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 10,574 experienced delays, 573 were cancelled, and 90 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 0.76%, the diversion rate to 0.12%, and the average delay when departures run late is 81.4 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing RDM against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at RDM, Carrier leads the pack. Carrier accounts for 44.7% of total delay minutes, followed by Late Aircraft at 25.2% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 15.1%. Weather contributes 14.9% 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, April runs the cleanest at RDM with a 95.3% on-time rate, while December is the roughest at 90.1% — a 5-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in August, when average flights hit 1,155. The busiest route from RDM is to SEA (Seattle), with 12,501 flights at a 86.8% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 86% on-time, 81.4-minute average delay, 0.76% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Bend/Redmond, OR.