On-Time Report

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Airport month · September 2025

Cherry Capital in September 2025

80.8%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 September 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 452 domestic departures from Cherry Capital (TVC). 80.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 77.2% reached their destination on time; 0.2% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.1% of flights departed on time and 82.8% arrived on time, so TVC departures were 2.3 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2024, the airport had 404 departures with 87.6% leaving on time: a change of −6.8 points, with flights up 12%.

Flights arriving at TVC that month were on time 80.5% of the time (452 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 31% and national aviation system 22%.

Every scheduled departure from TVC in September 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

MeasureSep 2025Sep 2024TVC, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2025
Departed on time80.8%87.6%71.9%83.1%
Arrived on time77.2%83.7%69.7%82.8%
Cancelled0.2%0.0%3.7%0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)20.9 min8.3 min25.4 min12.2 min
Scheduled departures a day15141518,748
Scheduled departures4524045,593562,439

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines18842%77.1%11.9 min0.0%
UA United Airlines8519%71.8%28.0 min0.0%
AA American Airlines6214%74.2%23.2 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines419%92.7%-10.0 min2.4%
YX Republic Airline358%88.6%1.0 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air266%69.2%18.7 min0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways82%50.0%48.6 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines61%100.0%-12.3 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air10%0.0%21.0 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
TVC–ORDTraverse City to Chicago21374.6%19.8 min0.0%
TVC–DTWTraverse City to Detroit9692.7%-6.7 min1.0%
TVC–CLTTraverse City to Charlotte30100.0%-18.9 min0.0%
TVC–DCATraverse City to Washington3070.0%15.7 min0.0%
TVC–DENTraverse City to Denver3070.0%17.2 min0.0%
TVC–DFWTraverse City to Dallas/Fort Worth3050.0%66.1 min0.0%
TVC–BOSTraverse City to Boston1353.8%41.8 min0.0%
TVC–ATLTraverse City to Atlanta3100.0%-11.3 min0.0%
TVC–LGATraverse City to New York333.3%11.5 min0.0%
TVC–PHLTraverse City to Philadelphia2100.0%-11.5 min0.0%
TVC–FLLTraverse City to Fort Lauderdale10.0%21.0 min0.0%
TVC–MSPTraverse City to Minneapolis1100.0%0.0 min0.0%

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), September 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2025Minutes
Air carrier39.7%34.3%3,783
Late-arriving aircraft30.8%37.4%2,936
National Aviation System21.7%22.6%2,070
Extreme weather7.8%5.6%742
Security0.0%0.1%0
9,531 delay minutes on 101 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 TVC on time in September 2025?

80.8% of 452 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 77.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.1% and 82.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2024, 87.6% of 404 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 80.8% and 0.2% in September 2025.

Provenance

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