Cherry Capital in December 2023

89.7%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 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 185 domestic departures from Cherry Capital (TVC). 89.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 83.8% arrived on time, so TVC departures were 6.6 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at TVC that month were on time 86.5% of the time (185 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 24%.

On time 88.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.8%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.5%

Every scheduled departure from TVC in December 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

December 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Dec 2023	Year earlier	TVC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2023
Departed on time	89.7%	—	71.9%	83.1%
Arrived on time	88.6%	—	69.7%	83.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	—	3.7%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	7.4 min	—	25.4 min	11.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	—	15	19,013
Scheduled departures	185	—	5,593	570,394

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	59	32%	89.8%	-6.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	17%	96.8%	-17.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	17%	90.3%	-7.4 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	21	11%	71.4%	5.3 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	20	11%	95.0%	-3.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	12	6%	75.0%	1.8 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	11	6%	90.9%	-13.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TVC–DTW	Traverse City to Detroit	90	95.6%	-11.2 min	0.0%
TVC–ORD	Traverse City to Chicago	74	85.1%	-4.6 min	0.0%
TVC–PGD	Traverse City to Punta Gorda	9	66.7%	8.1 min	0.0%
TVC–SFB	Traverse City to Sanford	9	66.7%	13.3 min	0.0%
TVC–PIE	Traverse City to St. Petersburg	3	100.0%	-26.3 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), December 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	29.3%	37.1%	349
Late-arriving aircraft	45.3%	38.8%	541
National Aviation System	24.0%	17.6%	286
Extreme weather	1.4%	6.2%	17
Security	0.0%	0.3%	0

1,193 delay minutes on 20 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 TVC on time in December 2023?

89.7% of 185 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 83.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

December 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for TVC · methodology · corrections.