Cherry Capital in January 2026

57.9%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 252 domestic departures from Cherry Capital (TVC). 57.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 53.2% reached their destination on time; 4.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so TVC departures were 17.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 272 departures with 72.8% leaving on time: a change of −14.9 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at TVC that month were on time 57.1% of the time (252 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 29%, extreme weather 28% and late-arriving aircraft 25%.

On time 53.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 42.5%
Cancelled 4.0%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from TVC in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	TVC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	57.9%	72.8%	71.9%	75.6%
Arrived on time	53.2%	59.2%	69.7%	75.3%
Cancelled	4.0%	1.5%	3.7%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	37.5 min	21.8 min	25.4 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	8	9	15	18,133
Scheduled departures	252	272	5,593	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	68	27%	38.2%	61.9 min	1.5%
OH PSA Airlines	51	20%	45.1%	31.0 min	15.7%
YX Republic Airline	34	13%	70.6%	20.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	12%	61.3%	12.8 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	30	12%	56.7%	18.3 min	3.3%
G4 Allegiant Air	27	11%	55.6%	12.9 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	11	4%	90.9%	-6.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TVC–ORD	Traverse City to Chicago	141	56.7%	26.2 min	5.7%
TVC–DTW	Traverse City to Detroit	84	46.4%	42.9 min	2.4%
TVC–PGD	Traverse City to Punta Gorda	9	55.6%	10.7 min	0.0%
TVC–PIE	Traverse City to St. Petersburg	9	88.9%	-15.2 min	0.0%
TVC–SFB	Traverse City to Sanford	9	22.2%	43.3 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	29.4%	37.3%	2,823
Late-arriving aircraft	24.7%	35.0%	2,370
National Aviation System	17.5%	18.0%	1,682
Extreme weather	28.4%	9.6%	2,733
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,608 delay minutes on 107 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 January 2026?

57.9% of 252 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 53.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 72.8% of 272 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 57.9% and 4.0% in January 2026.

Provenance

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