Lovell Field in April 2024

79.7%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 April 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 592 domestic departures from Lovell Field (CHA). 79.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.7% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.5% of flights departed on time and 80.2% arrived on time, so CHA departures were 0.8 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CHA that month were on time 81.0% of the time (591 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 75.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.6%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from CHA in April 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Apr 2024	Year earlier	CHA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2024
Departed on time	79.7%	—	75.3%	80.5%
Arrived on time	75.7%	—	74.2%	80.2%
Cancelled	1.2%	—	2.7%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.4 min	—	22.9 min	14.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	—	14	19,406
Scheduled departures	592	—	5,105	582,185

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	174	29%	69.5%	15.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	131	22%	90.8%	0.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	113	19%	70.8%	15.4 min	3.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines	89	15%	71.9%	14.1 min	2.2%
9E Endeavor Air	68	11%	77.9%	7.3 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	17	3%	64.7%	8.2 min	5.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHA–ATL	Chattanooga to Atlanta	176	88.1%	3.0 min	0.0%
CHA–CLT	Chattanooga to Charlotte	141	71.6%	13.1 min	0.0%
CHA–DFW	Chattanooga to Dallas/Fort Worth	120	70.0%	17.8 min	3.3%
CHA–ORD	Chattanooga to Chicago	86	70.9%	14.5 min	2.3%
CHA–DCA	Chattanooga to Washington	26	61.5%	16.7 min	0.0%
CHA–DTW	Chattanooga to Detroit	26	76.9%	2.5 min	0.0%
CHA–SFB	Chattanooga to Sanford	9	66.7%	8.2 min	0.0%
CHA–PIE	Chattanooga to St. Petersburg	8	62.5%	8.1 min	12.5%

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), April 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.1%	33.6%	3,231
Late-arriving aircraft	46.3%	41.0%	4,382
National Aviation System	13.3%	20.0%	1,258
Extreme weather	6.1%	5.1%	577
Security	0.1%	0.2%	14

9,462 delay minutes on 134 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 April 2024?

79.7% of 592 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.5% and 80.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

April 2023 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 April 2024; 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.