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Airport month · August 2023

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International in August 2023

80.3%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,488 domestic departures from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG). 80.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.3% reached their destination on time; 1.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so CVG departures were 3.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CVG that month were on time 76.2% of the time (3,489 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 17%.

Every scheduled departure from CVG in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureAug 2023Year earlierCVG, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time80.3%—79.8%76.7%
Arrived on time80.3%—77.6%76.9%
Cancelled1.4%—1.9%1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)16.3 min—16.2 min17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day116—9320,100
Scheduled departures3,488—33,916602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines72021%84.6%1.6 min1.3%
9E Endeavor Air63718%82.1%1.3 min1.4%
YX Republic Airline39111%86.4%-1.2 min1.5%
AA American Airlines2848%71.1%30.1 min0.7%
G4 Allegiant Air2818%74.7%16.9 min1.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines2768%67.8%16.1 min4.7%
MQ Envoy Air2698%78.8%6.5 min0.7%
WN Southwest Airlines2256%83.6%3.9 min0.4%
UA United Airlines2016%79.1%9.9 min1.5%
OH PSA Airlines1564%84.0%2.2 min0.6%
AS Alaska Airlines311%96.8%-17.7 min0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines170%70.6%17.1 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CVG–ATLCincinnati to Atlanta25980.7%8.9 min1.5%
CVG–LGACincinnati to New York22084.5%-3.5 min1.4%
CVG–ORDCincinnati to Chicago21580.9%9.9 min0.9%
CVG–EWRCincinnati to Newark20389.2%-10.5 min2.0%
CVG–JFKCincinnati to New York18679.0%3.5 min2.2%
CVG–DENCincinnati to Denver18180.7%2.6 min0.6%
CVG–DCACincinnati to Washington17684.1%0.8 min2.3%
CVG–DFWCincinnati to Dallas/Fort Worth17174.3%25.4 min0.0%
CVG–MSPCincinnati to Minneapolis15581.9%3.7 min0.0%
CVG–BOSCincinnati to Boston15176.8%4.3 min2.0%
CVG–CLTCincinnati to Charlotte15173.5%16.1 min1.3%
CVG–DTWCincinnati to Detroit12487.9%1.0 min0.8%

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 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Aug 2023Minutes
Air carrier31.3%36.7%16,587
Late-arriving aircraft41.3%42.2%21,888
National Aviation System17.2%15.7%9,142
Extreme weather10.2%5.1%5,435
Security0.0%0.2%0
53,052 delay minutes on 633 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
September 2023 →

Questions and answers

How many flights left CVG on time in August 2023?

80.3% of 3,488 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for CVG · methodology · corrections.