Lovell Field in July 2024

69.0%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 July 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 529 domestic departures from Lovell Field (CHA). 69.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 67.5% reached their destination on time; 3.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 68.5% of flights departed on time and 68.1% arrived on time, so CHA departures were 0.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CHA that month were on time 65.7% of the time (527 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 67.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.9%
Cancelled 3.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2024	Year earlier	CHA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2024
Departed on time	69.0%	—	75.3%	68.5%
Arrived on time	67.5%	—	74.2%	68.1%
Cancelled	3.6%	—	2.7%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	32.7 min	—	22.9 min	24.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	—	14	21,154
Scheduled departures	529	—	5,105	634,613

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	172	33%	71.5%	27.6 min	1.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	121	23%	67.8%	26.0 min	5.8%
9E Endeavor Air	100	19%	61.0%	29.7 min	6.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	92	17%	70.7%	21.4 min	2.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	30	6%	56.7%	15.5 min	3.3%
OH PSA Airlines	14	3%	64.3%	18.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHA–ATL	Chattanooga to Atlanta	197	67.0%	27.7 min	6.1%
CHA–DFW	Chattanooga to Dallas/Fort Worth	123	71.5%	33.1 min	0.0%
CHA–ORD	Chattanooga to Chicago	92	70.7%	21.4 min	2.2%
CHA–CLT	Chattanooga to Charlotte	32	53.1%	30.6 min	9.4%
CHA–DCA	Chattanooga to Washington	27	88.9%	-2.7 min	0.0%
CHA–DTW	Chattanooga to Detroit	24	45.8%	27.4 min	4.2%
CHA–PIE	Chattanooga to St. Petersburg	13	30.8%	47.5 min	0.0%
CHA–SFB	Chattanooga to Sanford	9	55.6%	9.9 min	11.1%
CHA–LAS	Chattanooga to Las Vegas	8	100.0%	-31.0 min	0.0%
CHA–MIA	Chattanooga to Miami	4	75.0%	13.5 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), July 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.5%	36.6%	5,748
Late-arriving aircraft	48.8%	42.7%	7,907
National Aviation System	13.4%	16.0%	2,163
Extreme weather	2.3%	4.6%	374
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

16,192 delay minutes on 153 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 July 2024?

69.0% of 529 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 67.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 68.5% and 68.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

July 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 July 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.