Cherry Capital in December 2024

71.8%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 305 domestic departures from Cherry Capital (TVC). 71.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 63.0% 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 TVC departures were 6.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 185 departures with 89.7% leaving on time: a change of −17.9 points, with flights up 65%.

Flights arriving at TVC that month were on time 70.4% of the time (307 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, national aviation system 24% and late-arriving aircraft 21%.

On time 63.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 36.1%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from TVC 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	TVC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time	71.8%	89.7%	71.9%	77.8%
Arrived on time	63.0%	88.6%	69.7%	78.1%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.0%	3.7%	0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	30.4 min	7.4 min	25.4 min	16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	6	15	19,686
Scheduled departures	305	185	5,593	590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	82	27%	67.1%	18.6 min	1.2%
YX Republic Airline	67	22%	70.1%	9.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	54	18%	64.8%	30.5 min	1.9%
G4 Allegiant Air	40	13%	40.0%	69.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	10%	64.5%	25.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	10%	61.3%	50.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TVC–ORD	Traverse City to Chicago	141	68.1%	25.5 min	0.0%
TVC–DTW	Traverse City to Detroit	93	64.5%	23.4 min	1.1%
TVC–CLT	Traverse City to Charlotte	31	64.5%	13.7 min	3.2%
TVC–PGD	Traverse City to Punta Gorda	12	50.0%	36.3 min	0.0%
TVC–PIE	Traverse City to St. Petersburg	10	30.0%	55.1 min	0.0%
TVC–FLL	Traverse City to Fort Lauderdale	9	55.6%	22.1 min	0.0%
TVC–SFB	Traverse City to Sanford	9	22.2%	188.1 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 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	35.8%	34.3%	3,747
Late-arriving aircraft	20.8%	40.2%	2,180
National Aviation System	24.4%	17.8%	2,562
Extreme weather	18.9%	7.5%	1,981
Security	0.1%	0.2%	11

10,481 delay minutes on 110 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 2024?

71.8% of 305 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 63.0% 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, 89.7% of 185 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 71.8% 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 TVC · methodology · corrections.