Lovell Field in December 2024

77.3%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 599 domestic departures from Lovell Field (CHA). 77.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.8% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so CHA departures were 0.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 427 departures with 89.0% leaving on time: a change of −11.7 points, with flights up 40%.

Flights arriving at CHA that month were on time 75.9% of the time (597 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 76.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.9%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	CHA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	77.3%	89.0%	75.3%	77.8%
Arrived on time	76.8%	90.2%	74.2%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.0%	2.7%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.2 min	11.1 min	22.9 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	20	14	14	19,686
Scheduled departures	599	427	5,105	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	261	44%	78.2%	6.6 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	135	23%	74.1%	15.2 min	0.7%
MQ Envoy Air	61	10%	75.4%	10.2 min	1.6%
YX Republic Airline	52	9%	78.8%	4.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	36	6%	66.7%	16.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	29	5%	72.4%	5.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	25	4%	96.0%	1.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHA–ATL	Chattanooga to Atlanta	234	79.1%	8.0 min	0.0%
CHA–DFW	Chattanooga to Dallas/Fort Worth	134	74.6%	15.5 min	1.5%
CHA–ORD	Chattanooga to Chicago	88	73.9%	9.6 min	0.0%
CHA–CLT	Chattanooga to Charlotte	46	78.3%	5.4 min	0.0%
CHA–DTW	Chattanooga to Detroit	34	82.4%	-5.0 min	0.0%
CHA–LGA	Chattanooga to New York	18	83.3%	2.9 min	0.0%
CHA–DCA	Chattanooga to Washington	16	62.5%	22.4 min	0.0%
CHA–SFB	Chattanooga to Sanford	11	45.5%	38.7 min	0.0%
CHA–LAS	Chattanooga to Las Vegas	9	100.0%	-33.6 min	0.0%
CHA–PIE	Chattanooga to St. Petersburg	9	77.8%	3.7 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	31.1%	34.3%	3,262
Late-arriving aircraft	44.8%	40.2%	4,697
National Aviation System	16.9%	17.8%	1,775
Extreme weather	7.0%	7.5%	739
Security	0.2%	0.2%	22

10,495 delay minutes on 137 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 December 2024?

77.3% of 599 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 89.0% of 427 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 77.3% and 0.3% in December 2024.

Provenance

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