On-Time Report

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Airport month · August 2025

Lovell Field in August 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 August 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 406 domestic departures from Lovell Field (CHA). 75.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.4% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.8% of flights departed on time and 76.3% arrived on time, so CHA departures were 0.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2024, the airport had 547 departures with 81.2% leaving on time: a change of −5.3 points, with flights down 26%.

Flights arriving at CHA that month were on time 72.2% of the time (406 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 51%, late-arriving aircraft 26% and national aviation system 17%.

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

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

MeasureAug 2025Aug 2024CHA, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2025
Departed on time75.9%81.2%75.3%76.8%
Arrived on time74.4%80.6%74.2%76.3%
Cancelled1.2%1.1%2.7%1.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)23.0 min16.0 min22.9 min17.6 min
Scheduled departures a day14181420,079
Scheduled departures4065475,105602,378

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines11328%81.4%-1.2 min1.8%
OH PSA Airlines10225%81.4%1.1 min2.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines8521%69.4%31.4 min1.2%
NK Spirit Airlines4311%60.5%20.4 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air277%77.8%11.3 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air266%46.2%18.1 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline102%90.0%20.8 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CHA–DFWChattanooga to Dallas/Fort Worth13871.7%23.4 min1.4%
CHA–ATLChattanooga to Atlanta11381.4%-1.2 min1.8%
CHA–CLTChattanooga to Charlotte3070.0%10.9 min3.3%
CHA–DCAChattanooga to Washington26100.0%-17.5 min0.0%
CHA–ORDChattanooga to Chicago2487.5%-3.1 min0.0%
CHA–EWRChattanooga to Newark1553.3%19.1 min0.0%
CHA–MCOChattanooga to Orlando1560.0%13.7 min0.0%
CHA–FLLChattanooga to Fort Lauderdale1369.2%29.2 min0.0%
CHA–SFBChattanooga to Sanford1338.5%26.7 min0.0%
CHA–PIEChattanooga to St. Petersburg1040.0%15.0 min0.0%
CHA–MIAChattanooga to Miami580.0%60.2 min0.0%
CHA–LASChattanooga to Las Vegas3100.0%-9.0 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), August 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2025Minutes
Air carrier50.9%33.1%4,428
Late-arriving aircraft25.6%40.5%2,230
National Aviation System17.2%19.2%1,495
Extreme weather6.3%7.0%547
Security0.0%0.1%0
8,700 delay minutes on 97 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 August 2025?

75.9% of 406 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.8% and 76.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2024, 81.2% of 547 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 75.9% and 1.2% in August 2025.

Provenance

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