Lovell Field in May 2025

72.3%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 May 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 357 domestic departures from Lovell Field (CHA). 72.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.5% reached their destination on time; 3.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 75.4% arrived on time, so CHA departures were 4.4 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2024, the airport had 586 departures with 70.8% leaving on time: a change of +1.5 points, with flights down 39%.

Flights arriving at CHA that month were on time 67.5% of the time (357 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 61%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 8%.

On time 69.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.6%
Cancelled 3.4%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	May 2025	May 2024	CHA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2025
Departed on time	72.3%	70.8%	75.3%	76.7%
Arrived on time	69.5%	70.6%	74.2%	75.4%
Cancelled	3.4%	1.9%	2.7%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	36.0 min	23.7 min	22.9 min	17.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	20	14	20,188
Scheduled departures	357	586	5,105	605,648

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	166	46%	63.3%	45.7 min	6.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	64	18%	87.5%	2.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	62	17%	62.9%	30.7 min	1.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	35	10%	62.9%	23.7 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	30	8%	86.7%	13.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHA–DFW	Chattanooga to Dallas/Fort Worth	124	66.9%	27.7 min	2.4%
CHA–ATL	Chattanooga to Atlanta	81	86.4%	7.9 min	0.0%
CHA–CLT	Chattanooga to Charlotte	78	66.7%	37.4 min	7.7%
CHA–DCA	Chattanooga to Washington	26	34.6%	125.7 min	11.5%
CHA–ORD	Chattanooga to Chicago	13	92.3%	-3.8 min	0.0%
CHA–PIE	Chattanooga to St. Petersburg	11	72.7%	12.0 min	0.0%
CHA–SFB	Chattanooga to Sanford	11	45.5%	38.2 min	0.0%
CHA–LAS	Chattanooga to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	25.7 min	0.0%
CHA–PGD	Chattanooga to Punta Gorda	4	75.0%	11.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), May 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	60.7%	29.3%	7,318
Late-arriving aircraft	24.2%	37.8%	2,915
National Aviation System	7.8%	25.9%	946
Extreme weather	7.2%	6.9%	873
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

12,052 delay minutes on 95 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 May 2025?

72.3% of 357 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 75.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2024, 70.8% of 586 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 72.3% and 3.4% in May 2025.

Provenance

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