Cherry Capital in December 2025

54.8%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 341 domestic departures from Cherry Capital (TVC). 54.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 46.0% reached their destination on time; 5.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so TVC departures were 17.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 305 departures with 71.8% leaving on time: a change of −17.0 points, with flights up 12%.

Flights arriving at TVC that month were on time 48.8% of the time (340 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 33%, late-arriving aircraft 25% and extreme weather 24%.

On time 46.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 47.5%
Cancelled 5.9%
Diverted 0.6%

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

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	TVC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	54.8%	71.8%	71.9%	72.0%
Arrived on time	46.0%	63.0%	69.7%	71.9%
Cancelled	5.9%	0.7%	3.7%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	77.3 min	30.4 min	25.4 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	10	15	19,410
Scheduled departures	341	305	5,593	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	139	41%	36.0%	124.7 min	6.5%
YX Republic Airline	57	17%	56.1%	22.5 min	5.3%
OH PSA Airlines	40	12%	42.5%	112.0 min	10.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	9%	48.4%	53.3 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	9%	54.8%	15.6 min	3.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	25	7%	60.0%	13.3 min	8.0%
MQ Envoy Air	18	5%	61.1%	43.6 min	5.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TVC–ORD	Traverse City to Chicago	222	45.5%	90.5 min	7.2%
TVC–DTW	Traverse City to Detroit	93	44.1%	62.7 min	2.2%
TVC–PGD	Traverse City to Punta Gorda	11	72.7%	-18.3 min	9.1%
TVC–SFB	Traverse City to Sanford	8	50.0%	11.4 min	12.5%
TVC–PIE	Traverse City to St. Petersburg	6	50.0%	63.0 min	0.0%
TVC–DEN	Traverse City to Denver	1	0.0%	46.0 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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	33.3%	33.3%	8,877
Late-arriving aircraft	25.0%	41.1%	6,663
National Aviation System	18.1%	19.1%	4,829
Extreme weather	23.7%	6.4%	6,315
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

26,684 delay minutes on 162 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 2025?

54.8% of 341 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 46.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 71.8% of 305 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 54.8% and 5.9% in December 2025.

Provenance

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