Lovell Field in August 2024

81.2%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 547 domestic departures from Lovell Field (CHA). 81.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.6% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so CHA departures were 5.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 572 departures with 83.7% leaving on time: a change of −2.5 points, with flights down 4%.

Flights arriving at CHA that month were on time 78.7% of the time (549 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 18%.

On time 80.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.1%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	CHA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	81.2%	83.7%	75.3%	75.4%
Arrived on time	80.6%	83.2%	74.2%	74.7%
Cancelled	1.1%	0.9%	2.7%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.0 min	12.1 min	22.9 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	18	19	14	20,634
Scheduled departures	547	572	5,105	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	130	24%	83.1%	1.7 min	0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines	118	22%	94.1%	-5.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	108	20%	75.9%	4.4 min	0.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	92	17%	68.5%	37.3 min	1.1%
OH PSA Airlines	75	14%	81.3%	3.2 min	1.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	24	4%	66.7%	18.4 min	8.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHA–ATL	Chattanooga to Atlanta	200	88.5%	-2.6 min	0.5%
CHA–DFW	Chattanooga to Dallas/Fort Worth	123	82.1%	0.3 min	0.0%
CHA–ORD	Chattanooga to Chicago	92	68.5%	37.3 min	1.1%
CHA–CLT	Chattanooga to Charlotte	55	76.4%	8.3 min	3.6%
CHA–DCA	Chattanooga to Washington	26	96.2%	-0.7 min	0.0%
CHA–DTW	Chattanooga to Detroit	26	61.5%	15.7 min	0.0%
CHA–PIE	Chattanooga to St. Petersburg	11	72.7%	29.1 min	9.1%
CHA–SFB	Chattanooga to Sanford	9	44.4%	33.4 min	11.1%
CHA–LAS	Chattanooga to Las Vegas	4	100.0%	-38.5 min	0.0%
CHA–MIA	Chattanooga to Miami	1	100.0%	-10.0 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	48.0%	33.8%	4,094
Late-arriving aircraft	33.7%	39.8%	2,874
National Aviation System	17.8%	20.4%	1,516
Extreme weather	0.4%	5.9%	38
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

8,522 delay minutes on 99 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 August 2024?

81.2% of 547 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 83.7% of 572 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 81.2% and 1.1% in August 2024.

Provenance

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