Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International in November 2024

88.1%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,211 domestic departures from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG). 88.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.6% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so CVG departures were 2.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 3,276 departures with 89.8% leaving on time: a change of −1.7 points, with flights down 2%.

Flights arriving at CVG that month were on time 85.6% of the time (3,212 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 35%, national aviation system 34% and late-arriving aircraft 27%.

On time 85.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.2%
Cancelled 0.2%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	CVG, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	88.1%	89.8%	79.8%	85.2%
Arrived on time	85.6%	89.0%	77.6%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.2%	0.2%	1.9%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.3 min	8.1 min	16.2 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	107	109	93	19,180
Scheduled departures	3,211	3,276	33,916	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	577	18%	91.2%	-5.2 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	502	16%	88.2%	-4.0 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	409	13%	85.8%	-2.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	339	11%	81.7%	0.0 min	1.2%
OH PSA Airlines	240	7%	78.8%	7.9 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	237	7%	82.7%	1.3 min	0.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	221	7%	83.7%	-0.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	205	6%	84.9%	-2.5 min	0.5%
WN Southwest Airlines	169	5%	89.3%	-4.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	143	4%	83.9%	6.2 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	140	4%	82.1%	4.7 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	29	1%	72.4%	1.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CVG–ORD	Cincinnati to Chicago	291	81.8%	2.4 min	0.3%
CVG–ATL	Cincinnati to Atlanta	223	92.4%	-6.8 min	0.0%
CVG–LGA	Cincinnati to New York	215	93.0%	-10.0 min	0.0%
CVG–CLT	Cincinnati to Charlotte	178	79.8%	10.8 min	0.0%
CVG–BOS	Cincinnati to Boston	177	83.1%	-2.2 min	0.6%
CVG–DCA	Cincinnati to Washington	158	81.6%	3.3 min	0.0%
CVG–JFK	Cincinnati to New York	147	86.4%	-5.7 min	0.0%
CVG–MCO	Cincinnati to Orlando	139	86.3%	-1.3 min	0.7%
CVG–DFW	Cincinnati to Dallas/Fort Worth	135	79.3%	5.3 min	0.7%
CVG–DEN	Cincinnati to Denver	118	80.5%	10.3 min	0.0%
CVG–DTW	Cincinnati to Detroit	116	92.2%	-7.2 min	0.0%
CVG–EWR	Cincinnati to Newark	110	68.2%	19.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), November 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.2%	36.9%	10,695
Late-arriving aircraft	27.1%	35.6%	8,214
National Aviation System	33.8%	21.9%	10,268
Extreme weather	3.8%	5.4%	1,167
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

30,344 delay minutes on 456 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 November 2024?

88.1% of 3,211 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 89.8% of 3,276 departures left on time and 0.2% were cancelled, against 88.1% and 0.2% in November 2024.

Provenance

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