Lovell Field in September 2025

83.1%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 455 domestic departures from Lovell Field (CHA). 83.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.0% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so CHA departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 588 departures with 84.9% leaving on time: a change of −1.8 points, with flights down 23%.

Flights arriving at CHA that month were on time 82.4% of the time (455 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 21%.

On time 82.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.7%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2025	Sep 2024	CHA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time	83.1%	84.9%	75.3%	83.1%
Arrived on time	82.0%	84.4%	74.2%	82.8%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.9%	2.7%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.2 min	16.1 min	22.9 min	12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	20	14	18,748
Scheduled departures	455	588	5,105	562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	139	31%	77.0%	11.2 min	0.7%
DL Delta Air Lines	137	30%	91.2%	-8.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	102	22%	84.3%	3.2 min	1.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	31	7%	80.6%	-3.9 min	3.2%
MQ Envoy Air	29	6%	86.2%	-2.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	17	4%	29.4%	48.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHA–ATL	Chattanooga to Atlanta	137	91.2%	-8.9 min	0.0%
CHA–DFW	Chattanooga to Dallas/Fort Worth	128	82.0%	11.3 min	0.8%
CHA–CLT	Chattanooga to Charlotte	58	82.8%	-2.7 min	1.7%
CHA–ORD	Chattanooga to Chicago	58	70.7%	16.1 min	0.0%
CHA–DCA	Chattanooga to Washington	26	92.3%	-15.1 min	0.0%
CHA–MCO	Chattanooga to Orlando	13	92.3%	-10.3 min	0.0%
CHA–EWR	Chattanooga to Newark	9	77.8%	-12.9 min	11.1%
CHA–FLL	Chattanooga to Fort Lauderdale	9	66.7%	15.4 min	0.0%
CHA–SFB	Chattanooga to Sanford	9	33.3%	69.9 min	0.0%
CHA–PIE	Chattanooga to St. Petersburg	8	25.0%	24.5 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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	42.5%	34.3%	2,724
Late-arriving aircraft	34.6%	37.4%	2,219
National Aviation System	20.5%	22.6%	1,317
Extreme weather	2.1%	5.6%	132
Security	0.3%	0.1%	18

6,410 delay minutes on 76 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 September 2025?

83.1% of 455 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 84.9% of 588 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 83.1% and 0.7% in September 2025.

Provenance

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