Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International in December 2024

79.7%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 3,206 domestic departures from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG). 79.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.3% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so CVG departures were 1.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 3,237 departures with 87.9% leaving on time: a change of −8.2 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at CVG that month were on time 76.9% of the time (3,206 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 34%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 29%.

On time 78.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.5%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2024	Dec 2023	CVG, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	79.7%	87.9%	79.8%	77.8%
Arrived on time	78.3%	88.1%	77.6%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.4%	1.9%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	16.8 min	8.2 min	16.2 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	107	108	93	19,686
Scheduled departures	3,206	3,237	33,916	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	584	18%	82.0%	3.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	480	15%	79.8%	2.3 min	0.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	371	12%	70.9%	13.6 min	1.1%
YX Republic Airline	362	11%	81.5%	2.6 min	0.3%
OH PSA Airlines	297	9%	74.4%	20.9 min	1.7%
G4 Allegiant Air	268	8%	69.4%	23.0 min	1.1%
MQ Envoy Air	205	6%	74.1%	15.0 min	1.0%
AA American Airlines	193	6%	81.3%	5.0 min	2.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	172	5%	80.2%	2.5 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	155	5%	86.5%	-1.6 min	1.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	93	3%	86.0%	-3.2 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	26	1%	80.8%	-2.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CVG–ORD	Cincinnati to Chicago	228	81.6%	6.2 min	0.0%
CVG–ATL	Cincinnati to Atlanta	223	82.1%	4.0 min	0.4%
CVG–LGA	Cincinnati to New York	199	79.4%	3.7 min	0.0%
CVG–CLT	Cincinnati to Charlotte	177	84.2%	6.8 min	0.0%
CVG–MCO	Cincinnati to Orlando	162	76.5%	10.9 min	0.0%
CVG–BOS	Cincinnati to Boston	152	78.9%	6.1 min	1.3%
CVG–DCA	Cincinnati to Washington	141	67.4%	25.1 min	3.5%
CVG–DFW	Cincinnati to Dallas/Fort Worth	141	74.5%	13.0 min	3.5%
CVG–JFK	Cincinnati to New York	130	76.9%	8.1 min	0.8%
CVG–MSP	Cincinnati to Minneapolis	120	85.0%	-5.2 min	0.0%
CVG–DEN	Cincinnati to Denver	116	81.9%	-2.9 min	0.0%
CVG–DTW	Cincinnati to Detroit	111	87.4%	-0.2 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	32.3%	34.3%	16,266
Late-arriving aircraft	34.3%	40.2%	17,295
National Aviation System	28.8%	17.8%	14,518
Extreme weather	4.5%	7.5%	2,280
Security	0.1%	0.2%	59

50,418 delay minutes on 658 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 December 2024?

79.7% of 3,206 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 87.9% of 3,237 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 79.7% and 0.7% in December 2024.

Provenance

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