Lovell Field in November 2025

78.7%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 November 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 446 domestic departures from Lovell Field (CHA). 78.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.8% reached their destination on time; 2.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so CHA departures were 0.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 696 departures with 87.8% leaving on time: a change of −9.1 points, with flights down 36%.

Flights arriving at CHA that month were on time 72.9% of the time (447 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, air carrier 28% and national aviation system 27%.

On time 77.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.5%
Cancelled 2.5%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	CHA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	78.7%	87.8%	75.3%	78.1%
Arrived on time	77.8%	86.4%	74.2%	77.3%
Cancelled	2.5%	0.1%	2.7%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.6 min	12.2 min	22.9 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	15	23	14	19,018
Scheduled departures	446	696	5,105	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	169	38%	82.2%	-3.9 min	1.2%
DL Delta Air Lines	118	26%	86.4%	-3.1 min	0.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	60	13%	70.0%	28.9 min	8.3%
YX Republic Airline	59	13%	72.9%	12.0 min	5.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	40	9%	52.5%	34.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHA–DFW	Chattanooga to Dallas/Fort Worth	144	81.3%	-3.4 min	1.4%
CHA–ORD	Chattanooga to Chicago	118	71.2%	20.7 min	6.8%
CHA–ATL	Chattanooga to Atlanta	117	86.3%	-3.0 min	0.9%
CHA–DCA	Chattanooga to Washington	24	87.5%	-5.7 min	0.0%
CHA–SFB	Chattanooga to Sanford	12	25.0%	60.7 min	0.0%
CHA–PIE	Chattanooga to St. Petersburg	10	40.0%	51.8 min	0.0%
CHA–LAS	Chattanooga to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	-7.8 min	0.0%
CHA–PGD	Chattanooga to Punta Gorda	9	66.7%	21.3 min	0.0%
CHA–CLT	Chattanooga to Charlotte	2	100.0%	-21.5 min	0.0%
CHA–DTW	Chattanooga to Detroit	1	100.0%	-14.0 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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	28.3%	30.2%	2,218
Late-arriving aircraft	34.6%	38.3%	2,710
National Aviation System	26.6%	26.7%	2,084
Extreme weather	10.5%	4.6%	821
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

7,833 delay minutes on 87 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 November 2025?

78.7% of 446 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 87.8% of 696 departures left on time and 0.1% were cancelled, against 78.7% and 2.5% in November 2025.

Provenance

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