Cherry Capital in March 2026

61.2%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 294 domestic departures from Cherry Capital (TVC). 61.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 58.2% reached their destination on time; 13.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so TVC departures were 11.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 304 departures with 80.3% leaving on time: a change of −19.1 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at TVC that month were on time 58.8% of the time (294 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, national aviation system 31% and late-arriving aircraft 20%.

On time 58.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.2%
Cancelled 13.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	TVC, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	61.2%	80.3%	71.9%	72.8%
Arrived on time	58.2%	74.0%	69.7%	73.2%
Cancelled	13.6%	0.7%	3.7%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	36.6 min	19.3 min	25.4 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	10	15	20,403
Scheduled departures	294	304	5,593	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	94	32%	50.0%	57.5 min	12.8%
OH PSA Airlines	51	17%	51.0%	30.7 min	25.5%
G4 Allegiant Air	49	17%	59.2%	13.0 min	6.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	11%	64.5%	26.7 min	12.9%
UA United Airlines	31	11%	71.0%	12.0 min	12.9%
YX Republic Airline	31	11%	71.0%	5.5 min	12.9%
MQ Envoy Air	7	2%	71.4%	40.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
TVC–ORD	Traverse City to Chicago	158	58.2%	36.1 min	16.5%
TVC–DTW	Traverse City to Detroit	87	57.5%	34.3 min	12.6%
TVC–PGD	Traverse City to Punta Gorda	12	83.3%	-13.0 min	8.3%
TVC–PIE	Traverse City to St. Petersburg	12	50.0%	24.8 min	0.0%
TVC–SFB	Traverse City to Sanford	12	66.7%	16.2 min	8.3%
TVC–FLL	Traverse City to Fort Lauderdale	9	22.2%	38.4 min	11.1%
TVC–AZA	Traverse City to Phoenix	4	75.0%	-10.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	39.5%	33.5%	3,915
Late-arriving aircraft	20.0%	39.3%	1,978
National Aviation System	30.8%	21.0%	3,052
Extreme weather	9.6%	5.9%	954
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

9,899 delay minutes on 83 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 March 2026?

61.2% of 294 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 58.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 80.3% of 304 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 61.2% and 13.6% in March 2026.

Provenance

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