Lovell Field in September 2024

84.9%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 588 domestic departures from Lovell Field (CHA). 84.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.4% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so CHA departures were 0.5 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 516 departures with 85.3% leaving on time: a change of −0.4 points, with flights up 14%.

Flights arriving at CHA that month were on time 84.2% of the time (589 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 36% and extreme weather 7%.

On time 84.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.8%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	CHA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	84.9%	85.3%	75.3%	84.4%
Arrived on time	84.4%	85.5%	74.2%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.8%	2.7%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.1 min	12.3 min	22.9 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	17	14	19,421
Scheduled departures	588	516	5,105	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	132	22%	81.1%	11.2 min	2.3%
9E Endeavor Air	118	20%	92.4%	-2.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	118	20%	90.7%	-4.9 min	0.8%
MQ Envoy Air	112	19%	80.4%	4.3 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	90	15%	83.3%	0.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	3%	44.4%	136.4 min	5.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHA–ATL	Chattanooga to Atlanta	211	91.9%	-3.8 min	0.5%
CHA–DFW	Chattanooga to Dallas/Fort Worth	120	81.7%	-0.1 min	0.0%
CHA–CLT	Chattanooga to Charlotte	98	77.6%	18.0 min	3.1%
CHA–ORD	Chattanooga to Chicago	90	83.3%	0.5 min	0.0%
CHA–DCA	Chattanooga to Washington	26	88.5%	8.7 min	0.0%
CHA–DTW	Chattanooga to Detroit	25	88.0%	-4.5 min	0.0%
CHA–PIE	Chattanooga to St. Petersburg	9	44.4%	242.8 min	11.1%
CHA–SFB	Chattanooga to Sanford	9	44.4%	41.8 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	36.4%	38.6%	3,230
Late-arriving aircraft	49.3%	38.4%	4,376
National Aviation System	7.1%	18.2%	627
Extreme weather	7.2%	4.8%	644
Security	0.1%	0.1%	6

8,883 delay minutes on 87 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 September 2024?

84.9% of 588 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 85.3% of 516 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 84.9% and 0.9% in September 2024.

Provenance

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