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Airport month · March 2024

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International in March 2024

84.6%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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,558 domestic departures from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG). 84.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.8% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so CVG departures were 6.1 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CVG that month were on time 80.1% of the time (3,559 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, national aviation system 32% and air carrier 26%.

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

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

MeasureMar 2024Year earlierCVG, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Mar 2024
Departed on time84.6%—79.8%78.5%
Arrived on time83.8%—77.6%78.3%
Cancelled0.6%—1.9%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)11.7 min—16.2 min15.7 min
Scheduled departures a day119—9319,726
Scheduled departures3,558—33,916591,767

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
9E Endeavor Air63718%87.3%-2.7 min0.2%
DL Delta Air Lines56416%89.2%-6.3 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines46313%66.1%21.7 min2.4%
YX Republic Airline44112%92.1%-7.9 min0.5%
G4 Allegiant Air3239%84.2%1.6 min0.0%
AA American Airlines2667%82.3%0.5 min1.9%
MQ Envoy Air2377%83.5%5.1 min0.8%
WN Southwest Airlines1955%82.6%1.7 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines1785%84.8%2.0 min0.0%
UA United Airlines1675%82.0%-0.6 min0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines582%79.3%12.0 min0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines291%86.2%-8.8 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CVG–ATLCincinnati to Atlanta23591.5%-3.5 min0.4%
CVG–ORDCincinnati to Chicago22278.8%8.2 min0.5%
CVG–MCOCincinnati to Orlando19671.9%10.9 min2.6%
CVG–LGACincinnati to New York18789.8%-2.0 min0.0%
CVG–JFKCincinnati to New York18687.6%-2.7 min0.5%
CVG–EWRCincinnati to Newark18589.7%-8.5 min0.5%
CVG–DCACincinnati to Washington17681.8%2.1 min0.0%
CVG–DFWCincinnati to Dallas/Fort Worth16881.0%-3.6 min3.0%
CVG–CLTCincinnati to Charlotte15581.9%8.0 min0.0%
CVG–DENCincinnati to Denver15583.9%-2.8 min0.6%
CVG–BOSCincinnati to Boston14191.5%-1.8 min0.0%
CVG–MIACincinnati to Miami14078.6%11.9 min0.7%

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), March 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Mar 2024Minutes
Air carrier25.9%32.1%10,233
Late-arriving aircraft41.2%42.1%16,239
National Aviation System31.9%21.4%12,579
Extreme weather1.0%4.2%397
Security0.0%0.2%0
39,448 delay minutes on 547 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left CVG on time in March 2024?

84.6% of 3,558 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

March 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 March 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.