Lovell Field in January 2026

75.8%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 339 domestic departures from Lovell Field (CHA). 75.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.6% reached their destination on time; 8.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so CHA departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 478 departures with 71.8% leaving on time: a change of +4.0 points, with flights down 29%.

Flights arriving at CHA that month were on time 72.1% of the time (341 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 34%, extreme weather 27% and late-arriving aircraft 21%.

On time 72.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 18.6%
Cancelled 8.6%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from CHA in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	CHA, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	75.8%	71.8%	75.3%	75.6%
Arrived on time	72.6%	69.0%	74.2%	75.3%
Cancelled	8.6%	5.9%	2.7%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.3 min	24.6 min	22.9 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	16	14	18,133
Scheduled departures	339	478	5,105	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OH PSA Airlines	134	40%	71.6%	13.5 min	10.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	83	24%	80.7%	-10.9 min	10.8%
YX Republic Airline	49	14%	57.1%	9.6 min	6.1%
MQ Envoy Air	36	11%	77.8%	-5.2 min	8.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	33	10%	69.7%	3.5 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	4	1%	100.0%	-18.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CHA–DFW	Chattanooga to Dallas/Fort Worth	144	72.9%	4.0 min	10.4%
CHA–ATL	Chattanooga to Atlanta	83	80.7%	-10.9 min	10.8%
CHA–ORD	Chattanooga to Chicago	57	63.2%	5.7 min	5.3%
CHA–DCA	Chattanooga to Washington	22	68.2%	49.3 min	9.1%
CHA–SFB	Chattanooga to Sanford	9	33.3%	34.3 min	0.0%
CHA–LAS	Chattanooga to Las Vegas	8	62.5%	-7.5 min	0.0%
CHA–PGD	Chattanooga to Punta Gorda	8	87.5%	-5.6 min	0.0%
CHA–PIE	Chattanooga to St. Petersburg	8	100.0%	-11.2 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	34.4%	37.3%	1,876
Late-arriving aircraft	20.8%	35.0%	1,134
National Aviation System	18.3%	18.0%	996
Extreme weather	26.6%	9.6%	1,449
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,455 delay minutes on 63 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 January 2026?

75.8% of 339 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 71.8% of 478 departures left on time and 5.9% were cancelled, against 75.8% and 8.6% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.