Akron-Canton Regional in December 2024

73.4%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 301 domestic departures from Akron-Canton Regional (CAK). 73.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.1% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so CAK departures were 4.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 247 departures with 87.4% leaving on time: a change of −14.0 points, with flights up 22%.

Flights arriving at CAK that month were on time 64.5% of the time (301 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 41% and extreme weather 10%.

On time 72.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.9%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from CAK in December 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	CAK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	73.4%	87.4%	75.0%	77.8%
Arrived on time	72.1%	87.4%	71.4%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.0%	3.4%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	30.1 min	9.4 min	25.9 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	8	14	19,686
Scheduled departures	301	247	4,926	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	149	50%	80.5%	6.2 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	87	29%	67.8%	17.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	65	22%	58.5%	45.8 min	1.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAK–CLT	Akron to Charlotte	119	79.0%	8.7 min	0.0%
CAK–ORD	Akron to Chicago	87	67.8%	17.8 min	0.0%
CAK–DCA	Akron to Washington	30	86.7%	-4.3 min	3.3%
CAK–SRQ	Akron to Sarasota/Bradenton	13	92.3%	-15.5 min	0.0%
CAK–SFB	Akron to Sanford	12	50.0%	32.1 min	0.0%
CAK–PGD	Akron to Punta Gorda	11	27.3%	51.6 min	0.0%
CAK–SAV	Akron to Savannah	11	54.5%	126.5 min	9.1%
CAK–FLL	Akron to Fort Lauderdale	9	77.8%	7.0 min	0.0%
CAK–PIE	Akron to St. Petersburg	9	44.4%	95.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	41.2%	34.3%	3,464
Late-arriving aircraft	44.2%	40.2%	3,718
National Aviation System	4.8%	17.8%	401
Extreme weather	9.8%	7.5%	822
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,405 delay minutes on 81 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left CAK on time in December 2024?

73.4% of 301 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 87.4% of 247 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 73.4% and 0.7% in December 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for CAK · methodology · corrections.