Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International in March 2026

75.5%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 3,105 domestic departures from Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International (CVG). 75.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.1% reached their destination on time; 2.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so CVG departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 2,944 departures with 81.8% leaving on time: a change of −6.3 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at CVG that month were on time 68.3% of the time (3,109 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 32%, air carrier 31% and national aviation system 29%.

On time 73.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 23.8%
Cancelled 2.8%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from CVG in March 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	CVG, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	75.5%	81.8%	79.8%	72.8%
Arrived on time	73.1%	80.5%	77.6%	73.2%
Cancelled	2.8%	1.2%	1.9%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.5 min	15.8 min	16.2 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	104	98	93	20,403
Scheduled departures	3,105	2,944	33,916	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
DL Delta Air Lines	615	20%	76.3%	9.3 min	2.3%
YX Republic Airline	393	13%	76.1%	6.1 min	3.1%
F9 Frontier Airlines	388	12%	75.3%	3.1 min	2.6%
G4 Allegiant Air	333	11%	70.9%	24.6 min	0.3%
OH PSA Airlines	306	10%	66.7%	30.3 min	6.2%
MQ Envoy Air	266	9%	74.4%	7.9 min	1.9%
AA American Airlines	243	8%	77.4%	4.2 min	1.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	238	8%	76.5%	9.7 min	1.3%
UA United Airlines	176	6%	80.1%	6.3 min	2.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	116	4%	37.9%	72.2 min	12.1%
AS Alaska Airlines	31	1%	51.6%	29.0 min	6.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CVG–ORD	Cincinnati to Chicago	407	57.7%	33.2 min	5.9%
CVG–ATL	Cincinnati to Atlanta	250	75.6%	7.7 min	2.4%
CVG–MCO	Cincinnati to Orlando	185	75.1%	8.3 min	3.8%
CVG–CLT	Cincinnati to Charlotte	180	76.1%	12.1 min	3.9%
CVG–BOS	Cincinnati to Boston	173	81.5%	-2.2 min	1.7%
CVG–DFW	Cincinnati to Dallas/Fort Worth	148	75.7%	5.7 min	1.4%
CVG–DEN	Cincinnati to Denver	126	78.6%	10.0 min	0.0%
CVG–MIA	Cincinnati to Miami	122	77.0%	1.8 min	3.3%
CVG–FLL	Cincinnati to Fort Lauderdale	114	58.8%	35.9 min	1.8%
CVG–PHL	Cincinnati to Philadelphia	99	78.8%	19.6 min	4.0%
CVG–PHX	Cincinnati to Phoenix	91	83.5%	-2.4 min	0.0%
CVG–DCA	Cincinnati to Washington	90	43.3%	59.1 min	10.0%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	31.2%	33.5%	20,651
Late-arriving aircraft	31.7%	39.3%	21,020
National Aviation System	28.6%	21.0%	18,965
Extreme weather	7.7%	5.9%	5,101
Security	0.8%	0.2%	542

66,279 delay minutes on 739 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 March 2026?

75.5% of 3,105 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 81.8% of 2,944 departures left on time and 1.2% were cancelled, against 75.5% and 2.8% in March 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2026; 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.