Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International in October 2023

87.8%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,643 domestic departures from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG). 87.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.2% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so CVG departures were 4.0 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CVG that month were on time 85.6% of the time (3,644 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 39% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 87.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.6%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	CVG, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	87.8%	—	79.8%	83.8%
Arrived on time	87.2%	—	77.6%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.2%	—	1.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.7 min	—	16.2 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	121	—	93	19,966
Scheduled departures	3,643	—	33,916	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	686	19%	94.3%	-6.4 min	0.1%
9E Endeavor Air	657	18%	92.1%	-10.5 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	414	11%	80.2%	0.1 min	0.5%
YX Republic Airline	357	10%	91.6%	-7.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	294	8%	78.6%	18.8 min	0.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	281	8%	77.9%	6.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	232	6%	84.1%	1.2 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	217	6%	89.9%	-4.2 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	207	6%	82.6%	1.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	207	6%	83.1%	1.0 min	1.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	60	2%	88.3%	11.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	1%	96.8%	-11.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CVG–ATL	Cincinnati to Atlanta	266	92.5%	-4.8 min	0.4%
CVG–LGA	Cincinnati to New York	219	93.6%	-10.1 min	0.0%
CVG–EWR	Cincinnati to Newark	206	93.7%	-13.8 min	0.0%
CVG–JFK	Cincinnati to New York	186	91.4%	-6.8 min	0.0%
CVG–DEN	Cincinnati to Denver	183	87.4%	-2.3 min	0.0%
CVG–ORD	Cincinnati to Chicago	183	78.7%	5.0 min	0.5%
CVG–CLT	Cincinnati to Charlotte	178	76.4%	19.4 min	0.0%
CVG–DCA	Cincinnati to Washington	172	91.3%	-8.9 min	0.0%
CVG–DFW	Cincinnati to Dallas/Fort Worth	161	76.4%	15.8 min	0.6%
CVG–MCO	Cincinnati to Orlando	159	89.3%	-2.8 min	0.0%
CVG–MSP	Cincinnati to Minneapolis	150	94.0%	-11.3 min	0.0%
CVG–BOS	Cincinnati to Boston	148	89.9%	-3.9 min	0.7%

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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	40.7%	41.3%	11,776
Late-arriving aircraft	38.7%	40.5%	11,185
National Aviation System	16.2%	14.4%	4,688
Extreme weather	4.3%	3.7%	1,245
Security	0.1%	0.2%	43

28,937 delay minutes on 458 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 CVG on time in October 2023?

87.8% of 3,643 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 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 October 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.