Lovell Field in July 2025

73.8%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 488 domestic departures from Lovell Field (CHA). 73.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.0% reached their destination on time; 1.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so CHA departures were 4.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 529 departures with 69.0% leaving on time: a change of +4.8 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at CHA that month were on time 70.9% of the time (488 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.7%
Cancelled 1.8%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	CHA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	73.8%	69.0%	75.3%	69.7%
Arrived on time	76.0%	67.5%	74.2%	69.0%
Cancelled	1.8%	3.6%	2.7%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	26.7 min	32.7 min	22.9 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	16	18	14	21,048
Scheduled departures	488	529	5,105	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	159	33%	83.0%	6.7 min	1.9%
OH PSA Airlines	90	18%	77.8%	19.6 min	3.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	89	18%	59.6%	21.2 min	2.2%
MQ Envoy Air	58	12%	87.9%	2.1 min	1.7%
NK Spirit Airlines	47	10%	68.1%	20.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	37	8%	70.3%	29.3 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	8	2%	87.5%	28.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHA–ATL	Chattanooga to Atlanta	159	83.0%	6.7 min	1.9%
CHA–DFW	Chattanooga to Dallas/Fort Worth	151	80.8%	12.0 min	2.6%
CHA–CLT	Chattanooga to Charlotte	34	58.8%	20.2 min	2.9%
CHA–ORD	Chattanooga to Chicago	29	51.7%	26.8 min	0.0%
CHA–DCA	Chattanooga to Washington	27	77.8%	17.0 min	3.7%
CHA–EWR	Chattanooga to Newark	17	58.8%	5.1 min	0.0%
CHA–MCO	Chattanooga to Orlando	16	81.3%	22.8 min	0.0%
CHA–PIE	Chattanooga to St. Petersburg	15	80.0%	36.6 min	0.0%
CHA–FLL	Chattanooga to Fort Lauderdale	14	64.3%	38.8 min	0.0%
CHA–SFB	Chattanooga to Sanford	13	61.5%	24.4 min	0.0%
CHA–LAS	Chattanooga to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	24.2 min	0.0%
CHA–MIA	Chattanooga to Miami	4	75.0%	63.5 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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	46.7%	31.1%	5,394
Late-arriving aircraft	33.0%	40.8%	3,815
National Aviation System	14.6%	20.7%	1,685
Extreme weather	4.5%	7.3%	517
Security	1.2%	0.1%	140

11,551 delay minutes on 106 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 July 2025?

73.8% of 488 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 69.0% of 529 departures left on time and 3.6% were cancelled, against 73.8% and 1.8% in July 2025.

Provenance

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