Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International in October 2024

88.8%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,580 domestic departures from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG). 88.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.8% reached their destination on time; 1.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so CVG departures were 3.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 3,643 departures with 87.8% leaving on time: a change of +1.0 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at CVG that month were on time 86.3% of the time (3,580 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 40% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 87.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.9%
Cancelled 1.2%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	CVG, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	88.8%	87.8%	79.8%	85.5%
Arrived on time	87.8%	87.2%	77.6%	85.8%
Cancelled	1.2%	0.2%	1.9%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.7 min	8.7 min	16.2 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	119	121	93	20,517
Scheduled departures	3,580	3,643	33,916	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	628	18%	91.4%	-5.3 min	2.1%
9E Endeavor Air	549	15%	90.5%	-5.7 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	506	14%	91.1%	-6.1 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	360	10%	82.5%	1.1 min	3.6%
AA American Airlines	316	9%	83.9%	3.3 min	0.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	251	7%	81.7%	4.2 min	4.8%
OH PSA Airlines	231	6%	82.7%	-1.5 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	214	6%	86.0%	-2.8 min	0.5%
UA United Airlines	198	6%	86.4%	-4.2 min	1.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	186	5%	89.8%	-4.2 min	1.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	110	3%	92.7%	1.7 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	1%	93.5%	-9.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CVG–ORD	Cincinnati to Chicago	294	84.7%	-1.0 min	0.7%
CVG–ATL	Cincinnati to Atlanta	252	96.4%	-7.1 min	0.0%
CVG–LGA	Cincinnati to New York	228	89.9%	-6.4 min	0.0%
CVG–CLT	Cincinnati to Charlotte	201	78.6%	7.7 min	0.0%
CVG–BOS	Cincinnati to Boston	193	87.6%	-2.8 min	0.0%
CVG–JFK	Cincinnati to New York	185	92.4%	-7.2 min	0.0%
CVG–DCA	Cincinnati to Washington	169	84.6%	0.4 min	0.0%
CVG–DEN	Cincinnati to Denver	162	93.8%	-9.8 min	0.0%
CVG–PHL	Cincinnati to Philadelphia	150	82.0%	2.5 min	0.0%
CVG–DFW	Cincinnati to Dallas/Fort Worth	149	88.6%	0.3 min	0.0%
CVG–MCO	Cincinnati to Orlando	140	78.6%	2.1 min	7.9%
CVG–EWR	Cincinnati to Newark	130	89.2%	-5.9 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	41.3%	42.7%	10,421
Late-arriving aircraft	39.5%	37.4%	9,949
National Aviation System	17.7%	16.3%	4,464
Extreme weather	1.5%	3.4%	371
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

25,205 delay minutes on 391 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 October 2024?

88.8% of 3,580 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 87.8% of 3,643 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 88.8% and 1.2% in October 2024.

Provenance

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