Lovell Field in November 2024

87.8%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 696 domestic departures from Lovell Field (CHA). 87.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.4% reached their destination on time; 0.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so CHA departures were 2.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 443 departures with 89.4% leaving on time: a change of −1.6 points, with flights up 57%.

Flights arriving at CHA that month were on time 88.1% of the time (698 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 86.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.5%
Cancelled 0.1%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	CHA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	87.8%	89.4%	75.3%	85.2%
Arrived on time	86.4%	88.7%	74.2%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.1%	0.2%	2.7%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.2 min	8.6 min	22.9 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	23	15	14	19,180
Scheduled departures	696	443	5,105	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	223	32%	90.6%	-6.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	213	31%	87.3%	-1.3 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	82	12%	80.5%	2.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	73	10%	90.4%	6.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	71	10%	78.9%	24.7 min	1.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	4%	81.5%	-2.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	7	1%	42.9%	29.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHA–ATL	Chattanooga to Atlanta	229	90.4%	-1.7 min	0.0%
CHA–DFW	Chattanooga to Dallas/Fort Worth	146	84.2%	11.9 min	0.7%
CHA–CLT	Chattanooga to Charlotte	114	88.6%	-3.6 min	0.0%
CHA–ORD	Chattanooga to Chicago	89	77.5%	4.1 min	0.0%
CHA–DTW	Chattanooga to Detroit	43	90.7%	-11.1 min	0.0%
CHA–DCA	Chattanooga to Washington	24	75.0%	5.4 min	0.0%
CHA–LGA	Chattanooga to New York	24	91.7%	-3.3 min	0.0%
CHA–LAS	Chattanooga to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	-11.4 min	0.0%
CHA–PIE	Chattanooga to St. Petersburg	9	88.9%	2.9 min	0.0%
CHA–SFB	Chattanooga to Sanford	9	66.7%	1.9 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), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.2%	36.9%	2,917
Late-arriving aircraft	40.7%	35.6%	3,368
National Aviation System	16.5%	21.9%	1,365
Extreme weather	7.6%	5.4%	629
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,279 delay minutes on 94 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 November 2024?

87.8% of 696 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 89.4% of 443 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 87.8% and 0.1% in November 2024.

Provenance

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