Lovell Field in December 2025

68.5%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 349 domestic departures from Lovell Field (CHA). 68.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 69.9% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so CHA departures were 3.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 599 departures with 77.3% leaving on time: a change of −8.8 points, with flights down 42%.

Flights arriving at CHA that month were on time 69.3% of the time (345 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 49%, air carrier 40% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 69.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 29.2%
Cancelled 0.9%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	CHA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	68.5%	77.3%	75.3%	72.0%
Arrived on time	69.9%	76.8%	74.2%	71.9%
Cancelled	0.9%	0.3%	2.7%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	34.3 min	18.2 min	22.9 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	20	14	19,410
Scheduled departures	349	599	5,105	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	157	45%	68.8%	35.6 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	77	22%	84.4%	-6.3 min	1.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	40	11%	57.5%	23.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	38	11%	55.3%	39.7 min	2.6%
MQ Envoy Air	22	6%	77.3%	1.0 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	15	4%	66.7%	18.4 min	6.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHA–DFW	Chattanooga to Dallas/Fort Worth	150	72.0%	28.0 min	0.0%
CHA–ATL	Chattanooga to Atlanta	77	84.4%	-6.3 min	1.3%
CHA–ORD	Chattanooga to Chicago	62	61.3%	29.8 min	3.2%
CHA–DCA	Chattanooga to Washington	20	50.0%	68.4 min	0.0%
CHA–SFB	Chattanooga to Sanford	12	25.0%	42.3 min	0.0%
CHA–PIE	Chattanooga to St. Petersburg	10	50.0%	31.4 min	0.0%
CHA–LAS	Chattanooga to Las Vegas	9	100.0%	-10.2 min	0.0%
CHA–PGD	Chattanooga to Punta Gorda	9	66.7%	21.0 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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	40.4%	33.3%	4,562
Late-arriving aircraft	48.6%	41.1%	5,494
National Aviation System	8.7%	19.1%	985
Extreme weather	2.2%	6.4%	248
Security	0.1%	0.2%	11

11,300 delay minutes on 102 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 December 2025?

68.5% of 349 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 69.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 77.3% of 599 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 68.5% and 0.9% in December 2025.

Provenance

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