Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International in August 2024

77.0%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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,599 domestic departures from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG). 77.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.7% reached their destination on time; 3.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so CVG departures were 1.6 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 3,488 departures with 80.3% leaving on time: a change of −3.3 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at CVG that month were on time 71.6% of the time (3,599 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 27%.

On time 75.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.8%
Cancelled 3.1%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	CVG, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	77.0%	80.3%	79.8%	75.4%
Arrived on time	75.7%	80.3%	77.6%	74.7%
Cancelled	3.1%	1.4%	1.9%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.2 min	16.3 min	16.2 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	120	116	93	20,634
Scheduled departures	3,599	3,488	33,916	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	662	18%	81.7%	5.5 min	0.3%
9E Endeavor Air	507	14%	73.0%	12.6 min	7.1%
YX Republic Airline	480	13%	74.4%	4.3 min	7.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines	399	11%	71.9%	9.1 min	3.3%
AA American Airlines	305	8%	70.5%	19.8 min	3.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	258	7%	76.0%	12.2 min	1.9%
OH PSA Airlines	255	7%	72.2%	15.9 min	2.4%
MQ Envoy Air	212	6%	74.1%	13.0 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	183	5%	82.0%	-1.2 min	1.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	176	5%	80.7%	7.4 min	0.6%
OO SkyWest Airlines	131	4%	80.9%	7.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	1%	61.3%	11.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CVG–ATL	Cincinnati to Atlanta	257	86.8%	1.7 min	0.8%
CVG–ORD	Cincinnati to Chicago	251	74.9%	9.6 min	0.4%
CVG–LGA	Cincinnati to New York	225	73.8%	9.4 min	8.4%
CVG–CLT	Cincinnati to Charlotte	218	69.3%	21.4 min	3.2%
CVG–BOS	Cincinnati to Boston	198	75.3%	9.0 min	3.0%
CVG–JFK	Cincinnati to New York	186	74.2%	6.3 min	11.3%
CVG–PHL	Cincinnati to Philadelphia	181	72.4%	17.7 min	2.8%
CVG–DEN	Cincinnati to Denver	163	77.9%	1.8 min	1.2%
CVG–DFW	Cincinnati to Dallas/Fort Worth	152	71.7%	15.8 min	0.7%
CVG–DCA	Cincinnati to Washington	150	74.0%	9.1 min	2.7%
CVG–EWR	Cincinnati to Newark	130	67.7%	14.2 min	13.8%
CVG–MSP	Cincinnati to Minneapolis	126	71.4%	8.3 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), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.2%	33.8%	21,035
Late-arriving aircraft	32.5%	39.8%	19,434
National Aviation System	27.1%	20.4%	16,163
Extreme weather	5.1%	5.9%	3,071
Security	0.1%	0.1%	40

59,743 delay minutes on 748 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 August 2024?

77.0% of 3,599 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 80.3% of 3,488 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 77.0% and 3.1% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.