Lovell Field in October 2024

88.2%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 628 domestic departures from Lovell Field (CHA). 88.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.4% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so CHA departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 513 departures with 90.1% leaving on time: a change of −1.9 points, with flights up 22%.

Flights arriving at CHA that month were on time 90.4% of the time (627 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 44%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 88.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.1%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	CHA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	88.2%	90.1%	75.3%	85.5%
Arrived on time	88.4%	88.1%	74.2%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.6%	2.7%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.7 min	8.2 min	22.9 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	17	14	20,517
Scheduled departures	628	513	5,105	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	190	30%	91.6%	-3.4 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	146	23%	91.8%	-4.1 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	98	16%	94.9%	-10.9 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	79	13%	82.3%	5.1 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	69	11%	76.8%	4.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	32	5%	71.9%	0.9 min	9.4%
YX Republic Airline	14	2%	92.9%	-8.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHA–ATL	Chattanooga to Atlanta	241	92.9%	-8.5 min	0.0%
CHA–DFW	Chattanooga to Dallas/Fort Worth	148	91.9%	-4.8 min	0.0%
CHA–ORD	Chattanooga to Chicago	93	83.9%	2.9 min	0.0%
CHA–CLT	Chattanooga to Charlotte	40	72.5%	5.1 min	0.0%
CHA–DCA	Chattanooga to Washington	27	81.5%	6.5 min	0.0%
CHA–DTW	Chattanooga to Detroit	26	88.5%	10.2 min	0.0%
CHA–LGA	Chattanooga to New York	21	95.2%	3.9 min	0.0%
CHA–PIE	Chattanooga to St. Petersburg	12	58.3%	10.9 min	16.7%
CHA–SFB	Chattanooga to Sanford	11	63.6%	7.5 min	9.1%
CHA–LAS	Chattanooga to Las Vegas	9	100.0%	-17.7 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	43.5%	42.7%	2,006
Late-arriving aircraft	39.6%	37.4%	1,824
National Aviation System	8.9%	16.3%	412
Extreme weather	7.7%	3.4%	354
Security	0.3%	0.2%	15

4,611 delay minutes on 70 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 October 2024?

88.2% of 628 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 90.1% of 513 departures left on time and 0.6% were cancelled, against 88.2% and 0.5% in October 2024.

Provenance

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