On-Time Report

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Airport month · May 2024

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International in May 2024

78.1%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,709 domestic departures from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG). 78.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.0% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so CVG departures were 4.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at CVG that month were on time 71.6% of the time (3,712 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, national aviation system 30% and air carrier 25%.

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

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

MeasureMay 2024Year earlierCVG, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time78.1%—79.8%73.4%
Arrived on time76.0%—77.6%72.3%
Cancelled1.2%—1.9%1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)17.4 min—16.2 min20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day124—9320,325
Scheduled departures3,709—33,916609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
9E Endeavor Air66018%79.4%4.4 min0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines59216%85.3%0.7 min0.0%
YX Republic Airline53514%83.9%1.7 min0.6%
F9 Frontier Airlines42812%69.4%16.2 min3.3%
AA American Airlines3349%62.3%24.4 min4.2%
G4 Allegiant Air2848%74.3%14.1 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air2757%70.9%20.0 min1.1%
OH PSA Airlines1895%65.6%17.9 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines1885%75.0%10.3 min0.0%
UA United Airlines1865%74.2%11.1 min1.6%
AS Alaska Airlines311%64.5%12.3 min3.2%
OO SkyWest Airlines70%71.4%6.2 min14.3%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CVG–ORDCincinnati to Chicago26377.2%13.3 min1.1%
CVG–ATLCincinnati to Atlanta25182.5%2.3 min1.2%
CVG–LGACincinnati to New York24578.4%11.5 min0.4%
CVG–CLTCincinnati to Charlotte22262.2%23.9 min0.0%
CVG–JFKCincinnati to New York18686.0%1.8 min1.1%
CVG–DFWCincinnati to Dallas/Fort Worth18556.2%31.2 min7.0%
CVG–EWRCincinnati to Newark18581.6%-0.7 min1.6%
CVG–BOSCincinnati to Boston17779.7%7.2 min0.6%
CVG–DCACincinnati to Washington17767.8%12.3 min0.6%
CVG–DENCincinnati to Denver16171.4%6.7 min0.0%
CVG–MCOCincinnati to Orlando14577.2%12.3 min3.4%
CVG–MSPCincinnati to Minneapolis12587.2%-6.4 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, May 2024Minutes
Air carrier24.8%29.8%15,690
Late-arriving aircraft41.2%43.0%26,021
National Aviation System30.4%20.1%19,199
Extreme weather3.4%7.0%2,116
Security0.2%0.1%115
63,141 delay minutes on 832 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 May 2024?

78.1% of 3,709 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 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 May 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.