Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International in September 2024

86.5%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,325 domestic departures from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG). 86.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 83.9% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so CVG departures were 2.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 3,291 departures with 83.9% leaving on time: a change of +2.6 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at CVG that month were on time 81.8% of the time (3,326 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 83.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.5%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	CVG, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	86.5%	83.9%	79.8%	84.4%
Arrived on time	83.9%	81.8%	77.6%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.5%	2.0%	1.9%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.4 min	12.7 min	16.2 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	111	110	93	19,421
Scheduled departures	3,325	3,291	33,916	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	614	18%	86.2%	-1.5 min	0.3%
9E Endeavor Air	488	15%	88.5%	-4.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	433	13%	90.5%	-4.5 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	341	10%	79.5%	7.7 min	1.8%
AA American Airlines	282	8%	74.5%	8.2 min	0.7%
MQ Envoy Air	221	7%	85.1%	9.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	205	6%	76.1%	10.3 min	1.5%
UA United Airlines	200	6%	85.0%	-1.4 min	0.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	183	6%	81.4%	2.8 min	1.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	167	5%	86.2%	2.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	161	5%	79.5%	7.2 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	1%	66.7%	27.5 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CVG–ORD	Cincinnati to Chicago	304	79.3%	11.7 min	0.3%
CVG–ATL	Cincinnati to Atlanta	239	87.4%	0.6 min	0.4%
CVG–LGA	Cincinnati to New York	218	93.1%	-7.3 min	0.5%
CVG–BOS	Cincinnati to Boston	188	85.6%	2.7 min	0.0%
CVG–JFK	Cincinnati to New York	180	91.1%	-8.8 min	0.0%
CVG–CLT	Cincinnati to Charlotte	177	70.6%	11.9 min	1.7%
CVG–DEN	Cincinnati to Denver	162	87.0%	0.1 min	0.0%
CVG–PHL	Cincinnati to Philadelphia	150	73.3%	12.6 min	0.0%
CVG–DFW	Cincinnati to Dallas/Fort Worth	147	78.9%	2.8 min	0.7%
CVG–DCA	Cincinnati to Washington	145	84.1%	6.2 min	0.7%
CVG–DTW	Cincinnati to Detroit	120	95.8%	-10.7 min	0.0%
CVG–MSP	Cincinnati to Minneapolis	111	86.5%	-4.5 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.5%	38.6%	12,254
Late-arriving aircraft	38.7%	38.4%	13,367
National Aviation System	21.6%	18.2%	7,464
Extreme weather	3.3%	4.8%	1,139
Security	0.9%	0.1%	296

34,520 delay minutes on 516 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 September 2024?

86.5% of 3,325 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 83.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 83.9% of 3,291 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 86.5% and 0.5% in September 2024.

Provenance

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