Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International in February 2024

88.5%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 February 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,006 domestic departures from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG). 88.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.3% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.0% of flights departed on time and 83.4% arrived on time, so CVG departures were 4.5 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CVG that month were on time 85.6% of the time (3,006 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, national aviation system 30% and late-arriving aircraft 27%.

On time 87.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.0%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.2%

Every scheduled departure from CVG in February 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

February 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Feb 2024	Year earlier	CVG, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2024
Departed on time	88.5%	—	79.8%	84.0%
Arrived on time	87.3%	—	77.6%	83.4%
Cancelled	0.5%	—	1.9%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.5 min	—	16.2 min	11.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	100	—	93	17,307
Scheduled departures	3,006	—	33,916	519,221

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
9E Endeavor Air	535	18%	89.0%	-7.1 min	1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	500	17%	92.6%	-8.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	448	15%	91.3%	-9.0 min	1.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines	375	12%	82.4%	-3.0 min	0.5%
AA American Airlines	240	8%	82.1%	3.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	200	7%	88.0%	-6.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	189	6%	78.8%	2.4 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	173	6%	83.8%	-1.0 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	163	5%	89.0%	-4.5 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	142	5%	83.8%	0.0 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	25	1%	88.0%	-15.6 min	4.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	16	1%	93.8%	-34.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CVG–ATL	Cincinnati to Atlanta	193	90.7%	-6.8 min	0.0%
CVG–ORD	Cincinnati to Chicago	185	85.9%	-9.6 min	0.0%
CVG–LGA	Cincinnati to New York	181	87.3%	-5.8 min	3.3%
CVG–JFK	Cincinnati to New York	174	92.5%	-8.7 min	0.6%
CVG–EWR	Cincinnati to Newark	170	90.6%	-12.9 min	1.8%
CVG–MCO	Cincinnati to Orlando	166	86.7%	-4.7 min	0.0%
CVG–DCA	Cincinnati to Washington	165	82.4%	-3.3 min	0.0%
CVG–CLT	Cincinnati to Charlotte	143	85.3%	3.2 min	0.0%
CVG–DEN	Cincinnati to Denver	143	88.1%	-7.0 min	0.0%
CVG–BOS	Cincinnati to Boston	133	87.2%	-1.1 min	2.3%
CVG–DFW	Cincinnati to Dallas/Fort Worth	132	81.1%	-0.2 min	0.0%
CVG–MIA	Cincinnati to Miami	110	76.4%	4.2 min	0.0%

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), February 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	37.3%	35.9%	7,927
Late-arriving aircraft	27.2%	36.9%	5,783
National Aviation System	29.7%	21.7%	6,313
Extreme weather	5.9%	5.3%	1,255
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

21,278 delay minutes on 360 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 February 2024?

88.5% of 3,006 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.0% and 83.4%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

February 2023 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 February 2024; 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.