Lovell Field in December 2023

89.0%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 427 domestic departures from Lovell Field (CHA). 89.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.2% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so CHA departures were 5.9 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CHA that month were on time 89.5% of the time (428 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 34% and national aviation system 11%.

On time 90.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.8%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from CHA in December 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	CHA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	89.0%	—	75.3%	83.1%
Arrived on time	90.2%	—	74.2%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	2.7%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.1 min	—	22.9 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	—	14	19,013
Scheduled departures	427	—	5,105	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	108	25%	93.5%	1.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	99	23%	93.9%	-1.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	69	16%	88.4%	-1.6 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	63	15%	92.1%	-5.3 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	50	12%	78.0%	10.4 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	20	5%	100.0%	-25.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	4%	72.2%	15.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHA–ATL	Chattanooga to Atlanta	162	93.2%	-1.4 min	0.0%
CHA–DFW	Chattanooga to Dallas/Fort Worth	99	93.9%	-1.5 min	0.0%
CHA–ORD	Chattanooga to Chicago	87	90.8%	-6.4 min	0.0%
CHA–CLT	Chattanooga to Charlotte	34	79.4%	10.1 min	0.0%
CHA–DCA	Chattanooga to Washington	16	75.0%	10.9 min	0.0%
CHA–DTW	Chattanooga to Detroit	11	90.9%	-0.3 min	0.0%
CHA–PIE	Chattanooga to St. Petersburg	9	88.9%	-3.2 min	0.0%
CHA–SFB	Chattanooga to Sanford	9	55.6%	33.9 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	54.6%	37.1%	2,402
Late-arriving aircraft	33.9%	38.8%	1,492
National Aviation System	11.4%	17.6%	500
Extreme weather	0.1%	6.2%	6
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

4,400 delay minutes on 42 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 CHA on time in December 2023?

89.0% of 427 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for CHA · methodology · corrections.