On-Time Report

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Airport month · March 2025

Lovell Field in March 2025

73.1%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 March 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 409 domestic departures from Lovell Field (CHA). 73.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.4% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so CHA departures were 6.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 574 departures with 82.6% leaving on time: a change of −9.5 points, with flights down 29%.

Flights arriving at CHA that month were on time 72.9% of the time (410 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 14%.

Every scheduled departure from CHA in March 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureMar 2025Mar 2024CHA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time73.1%82.6%75.3%79.9%
Arrived on time70.4%83.1%74.2%79.3%
Cancelled2.9%0.5%2.7%1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)25.2 min16.9 min22.9 min14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day14191420,029
Scheduled departures4095745,105600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OH PSA Airlines12029%61.7%18.1 min7.5%
OO SkyWest Airlines11829%68.6%27.1 min0.8%
DL Delta Air Lines6917%88.4%-1.5 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air6215%75.8%10.8 min1.6%
G4 Allegiant Air3910%61.5%27.5 min2.6%
YX Republic Airline10%100.0%-6.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CHA–ATLChattanooga to Atlanta14185.1%7.0 min0.7%
CHA–DFWChattanooga to Dallas/Fort Worth12471.0%11.8 min4.0%
CHA–CLTChattanooga to Charlotte3278.1%9.6 min9.4%
CHA–ORDChattanooga to Chicago2740.7%63.1 min0.0%
CHA–DCAChattanooga to Washington2630.8%41.0 min7.7%
CHA–DTWChattanooga to Detroit2060.0%18.9 min0.0%
CHA–PIEChattanooga to St. Petersburg1275.0%1.1 min8.3%
CHA–LASChattanooga to Las Vegas977.8%28.9 min0.0%
CHA–PGDChattanooga to Punta Gorda955.6%38.2 min0.0%
CHA–SFBChattanooga to Sanford933.3%47.8 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Mar 2025Minutes
Air carrier42.4%33.0%4,324
Late-arriving aircraft29.8%39.2%3,032
National Aviation System14.1%21.9%1,441
Extreme weather13.7%5.9%1,393
Security0.0%0.1%0
10,190 delay minutes on 109 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left CHA on time in March 2025?

73.1% of 409 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 82.6% of 574 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 73.1% and 2.9% in March 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2025; 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.