On-Time Report

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Airport month · January 2025

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International in January 2025

80.2%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,405 domestic departures from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG). 80.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.8% reached their destination on time; 4.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so CVG departures were 0.9 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 3,111 departures with 80.6% leaving on time: a change of −0.4 points, with flights down 23%.

Flights arriving at CVG that month were on time 74.1% of the time (2,408 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 34%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 23%.

Every scheduled departure from CVG in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJan 2025Jan 2024CVG, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time80.2%80.6%79.8%79.3%
Arrived on time76.8%77.4%77.6%78.6%
Cancelled4.5%2.4%1.9%3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)14.6 min15.9 min16.2 min14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day801049317,992
Scheduled departures2,4053,11133,916539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
DL Delta Air Lines50321%78.7%5.1 min2.8%
YX Republic Airline32914%79.9%-3.0 min5.5%
F9 Frontier Airlines30113%76.1%4.0 min4.3%
OH PSA Airlines23710%69.2%23.0 min7.6%
AA American Airlines23110%79.7%5.8 min5.2%
G4 Allegiant Air2129%71.2%14.2 min4.7%
WN Southwest Airlines1707%77.6%5.0 min1.8%
MQ Envoy Air1647%72.6%7.2 min6.1%
UA United Airlines1486%79.1%1.6 min4.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines864%82.6%3.5 min2.3%
AS Alaska Airlines241%83.3%3.7 min4.2%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CVG–ATLCincinnati to Atlanta20277.7%7.5 min5.0%
CVG–ORDCincinnati to Chicago17277.3%0.4 min4.7%
CVG–CLTCincinnati to Charlotte17080.0%9.8 min6.5%
CVG–MCOCincinnati to Orlando15981.8%4.7 min1.9%
CVG–DFWCincinnati to Dallas/Fort Worth13579.3%6.2 min5.9%
CVG–MIACincinnati to Miami11373.5%6.5 min3.5%
CVG–DENCincinnati to Denver10577.1%4.3 min3.8%
CVG–FLLCincinnati to Fort Lauderdale9278.3%0.7 min3.3%
CVG–BOSCincinnati to Boston8979.8%-2.1 min4.5%
CVG–DCACincinnati to Washington8256.1%41.5 min9.8%
CVG–RSWCincinnati to Fort Myers8180.2%2.9 min2.5%
CVG–LGACincinnati to New York7675.0%5.2 min6.6%

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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2025Minutes
Air carrier33.8%36.2%11,833
Late-arriving aircraft29.5%34.7%10,316
National Aviation System23.4%19.9%8,181
Extreme weather13.2%9.1%4,628
Security0.2%0.2%60
35,018 delay minutes on 448 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left CVG on time in January 2025?

80.2% of 2,405 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 80.6% of 3,111 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 80.2% and 4.5% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.