Akron-Canton Regional in January 2026

69.3%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 352 domestic departures from Akron-Canton Regional (CAK). 69.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 64.5% reached their destination on time; 8.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so CAK departures were 6.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 298 departures with 79.5% leaving on time: a change of −10.2 points, with flights up 18%.

Flights arriving at CAK that month were on time 61.9% of the time (352 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 48%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 64.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.3%
Cancelled 8.0%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from CAK in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	CAK, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	69.3%	79.5%	75.0%	75.6%
Arrived on time	64.5%	73.8%	71.4%	75.3%
Cancelled	8.0%	2.7%	3.4%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	28.6 min	22.0 min	25.9 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	10	14	18,133
Scheduled departures	352	298	4,926	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	182	52%	61.5%	20.8 min	12.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	105	30%	66.7%	18.4 min	5.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	65	18%	69.2%	8.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CAK–ORD	Akron to Chicago	141	68.8%	11.3 min	6.4%
CAK–CLT	Akron to Charlotte	124	62.9%	21.0 min	12.9%
CAK–DCA	Akron to Washington	22	31.8%	72.3 min	13.6%
CAK–SRQ	Akron to Sarasota/Bradenton	17	82.4%	-4.8 min	0.0%
CAK–PGD	Akron to Punta Gorda	10	30.0%	41.9 min	0.0%
CAK–SFB	Akron to Sanford	10	80.0%	3.9 min	0.0%
CAK–FLL	Akron to Fort Lauderdale	9	88.9%	-0.7 min	0.0%
CAK–SAV	Akron to Savannah	9	66.7%	17.3 min	0.0%
CAK–PIE	Akron to St. Petersburg	8	62.5%	-7.0 min	0.0%
CAK–JAX	Akron to Jacksonville	2	50.0%	26.0 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	48.2%	37.3%	4,604
Late-arriving aircraft	34.2%	35.0%	3,266
National Aviation System	12.8%	18.0%	1,221
Extreme weather	4.8%	9.6%	457
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,548 delay minutes on 96 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 January 2026?

69.3% of 352 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 64.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 79.5% of 298 departures left on time and 2.7% were cancelled, against 69.3% and 8.0% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.