Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International in February 2025

81.0%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,323 domestic departures from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG). 81.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.8% reached their destination on time; 1.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so CVG departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 3,006 departures with 88.5% leaving on time: a change of −7.5 points, with flights down 23%.

Flights arriving at CVG that month were on time 75.8% of the time (2,324 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, national aviation system 35%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and air carrier 28%.

On time 73.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 24.5%
Cancelled 1.6%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	CVG, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	81.0%	88.5%	79.8%	79.2%
Arrived on time	73.8%	87.3%	77.6%	77.9%
Cancelled	1.6%	0.5%	1.9%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	14.5 min	7.5 min	16.2 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	77	100	93	16,830
Scheduled departures	2,323	3,006	33,916	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	466	20%	77.7%	1.2 min	0.2%
YX Republic Airline	354	15%	78.8%	5.2 min	1.4%
F9 Frontier Airlines	313	13%	75.4%	7.0 min	1.0%
OH PSA Airlines	220	9%	53.6%	41.1 min	9.1%
G4 Allegiant Air	209	9%	70.8%	14.4 min	1.0%
AA American Airlines	200	9%	77.5%	0.0 min	0.5%
MQ Envoy Air	161	7%	73.3%	4.5 min	0.6%
WN Southwest Airlines	160	7%	75.0%	8.4 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	152	7%	77.6%	4.3 min	0.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	68	3%	72.1%	12.7 min	1.5%
AS Alaska Airlines	20	1%	55.0%	16.8 min	5.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CVG–ATL	Cincinnati to Atlanta	186	82.8%	-6.0 min	0.0%
CVG–ORD	Cincinnati to Chicago	179	76.5%	5.7 min	1.1%
CVG–CLT	Cincinnati to Charlotte	158	69.6%	10.9 min	2.5%
CVG–MCO	Cincinnati to Orlando	154	74.0%	13.2 min	1.3%
CVG–DFW	Cincinnati to Dallas/Fort Worth	127	77.2%	-0.4 min	0.8%
CVG–MIA	Cincinnati to Miami	108	73.1%	5.6 min	0.0%
CVG–DEN	Cincinnati to Denver	97	77.3%	2.8 min	0.0%
CVG–FLL	Cincinnati to Fort Lauderdale	96	69.8%	3.4 min	1.0%
CVG–BOS	Cincinnati to Boston	86	73.3%	12.7 min	1.2%
CVG–EWR	Cincinnati to Newark	84	84.5%	-4.1 min	0.0%
CVG–DCA	Cincinnati to Washington	76	31.6%	78.4 min	17.1%
CVG–RSW	Cincinnati to Fort Myers	73	83.6%	-4.7 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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	27.7%	33.9%	10,927
Late-arriving aircraft	29.3%	36.9%	11,552
National Aviation System	35.2%	22.5%	13,870
Extreme weather	7.7%	6.6%	3,036
Security	0.0%	0.1%	14

39,399 delay minutes on 570 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 February 2025?

81.0% of 2,323 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 88.5% of 3,006 departures left on time and 0.5% were cancelled, against 81.0% and 1.6% in February 2025.

Provenance

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