On-Time Report

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Airport month · April 2025

Lovell Field in April 2025

75.9%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 406 domestic departures from Lovell Field (CHA). 75.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.7% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so CHA departures were 4.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 592 departures with 79.7% leaving on time: a change of −3.8 points, with flights down 31%.

Flights arriving at CHA that month were on time 75.1% of the time (406 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and extreme weather 11%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2025Apr 2024CHA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time75.9%79.7%75.3%80.6%
Arrived on time72.7%75.7%74.2%79.5%
Cancelled2.5%1.2%2.7%0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)24.9 min16.4 min22.9 min14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day14201419,465
Scheduled departures4065925,105583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines16240%74.7%19.5 min1.2%
OH PSA Airlines11228%63.4%23.1 min6.3%
MQ Envoy Air6015%71.7%16.2 min1.7%
DL Delta Air Lines4010%95.0%-6.2 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air328%68.8%17.1 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CHA–ATLChattanooga to Atlanta13183.2%7.4 min0.0%
CHA–DFWChattanooga to Dallas/Fort Worth12069.2%13.0 min5.0%
CHA–ORDChattanooga to Chicago6068.3%33.6 min3.3%
CHA–CLTChattanooga to Charlotte2673.1%12.3 min3.8%
CHA–DCAChattanooga to Washington2646.2%63.3 min3.8%
CHA–DTWChattanooga to Detroit1181.8%-4.8 min0.0%
CHA–LASChattanooga to Las Vegas8100.0%-32.7 min0.0%
CHA–PGDChattanooga to Punta Gorda875.0%9.8 min0.0%
CHA–PIEChattanooga to St. Petersburg850.0%57.0 min0.0%
CHA–SFBChattanooga to Sanford850.0%34.4 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), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2025Minutes
Air carrier54.6%32.7%5,436
Late-arriving aircraft23.6%39.4%2,351
National Aviation System10.6%22.2%1,059
Extreme weather11.2%5.5%1,114
Security0.0%0.2%0
9,960 delay minutes on 100 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 April 2025?

75.9% of 406 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 79.7% of 592 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 75.9% and 2.5% in April 2025.

Provenance

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