Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International in December 2023

87.9%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 3,237 domestic departures from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG). 87.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.1% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so CVG departures were 4.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CVG that month were on time 85.9% of the time (3,234 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 88.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.3%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	CVG, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	87.9%	—	79.8%	83.1%
Arrived on time	88.1%	—	77.6%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	—	1.9%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	8.2 min	—	16.2 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	108	—	93	19,013
Scheduled departures	3,237	—	33,916	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	601	19%	93.3%	-11.3 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	567	18%	86.6%	-7.3 min	1.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	414	13%	84.8%	-2.8 min	0.7%
YX Republic Airline	365	11%	91.0%	-6.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	230	7%	83.9%	-4.0 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	222	7%	85.6%	-1.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	215	7%	88.8%	-0.2 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	192	6%	94.3%	-10.4 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	191	6%	81.7%	3.7 min	1.6%
OH PSA Airlines	169	5%	81.7%	4.1 min	0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	44	1%	95.5%	-18.7 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	27	1%	96.3%	-26.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CVG–ATL	Cincinnati to Atlanta	218	95.0%	-9.2 min	0.0%
CVG–DEN	Cincinnati to Denver	171	87.7%	-13.3 min	0.0%
CVG–LGA	Cincinnati to New York	167	86.2%	-4.7 min	1.2%
CVG–ORD	Cincinnati to Chicago	166	94.0%	-14.2 min	0.0%
CVG–DFW	Cincinnati to Dallas/Fort Worth	165	93.3%	-10.6 min	0.0%
CVG–MCO	Cincinnati to Orlando	156	89.1%	-6.1 min	0.0%
CVG–DCA	Cincinnati to Washington	151	80.8%	0.1 min	1.3%
CVG–CLT	Cincinnati to Charlotte	146	81.5%	2.4 min	0.0%
CVG–JFK	Cincinnati to New York	144	88.9%	-7.7 min	0.7%
CVG–MSP	Cincinnati to Minneapolis	128	93.8%	-14.8 min	0.0%
CVG–BOS	Cincinnati to Boston	124	90.3%	-5.6 min	0.8%
CVG–EWR	Cincinnati to Newark	124	91.1%	-9.1 min	0.8%

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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	33.9%	37.1%	7,960
Late-arriving aircraft	40.4%	38.8%	9,498
National Aviation System	22.6%	17.6%	5,314
Extreme weather	3.0%	6.2%	716
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

23,488 delay minutes on 367 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 December 2023?

87.9% of 3,237 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 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 December 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.