On-Time Report

Airports › Traverse City (TVC) › April 2026

Airport month · April 2026

Cherry Capital in April 2026

78.5%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 316 domestic departures from Cherry Capital (TVC). 78.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 74.4% reached their destination on time; 3.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so TVC departures were 0.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 304 departures with 87.5% leaving on time: a change of −9.0 points, with flights up 4%.

Flights arriving at TVC that month were on time 72.2% of the time (317 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 40%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 27%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2026Apr 2025TVC, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time78.5%87.5%71.9%79.1%
Arrived on time74.4%80.9%69.7%78.9%
Cancelled3.5%1.0%3.7%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)12.0 min8.9 min25.4 min14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day11101519,931
Scheduled departures3163045,593597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines9530%75.8%5.1 min3.2%
OH PSA Airlines5919%64.4%10.7 min6.8%
YX Republic Airline5417%77.8%3.8 min5.6%
G4 Allegiant Air4815%66.7%6.4 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines309%90.0%-7.2 min0.0%
UA United Airlines309%80.0%5.6 min3.3%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
TVC–ORDTraverse City to Chicago17869.1%10.4 min6.2%
TVC–DTWTraverse City to Detroit9088.9%-6.0 min0.0%
TVC–PIETraverse City to St. Petersburg1163.6%13.0 min0.0%
TVC–PGDTraverse City to Punta Gorda1050.0%10.1 min0.0%
TVC–SFBTraverse City to Sanford1070.0%-0.7 min0.0%
TVC–AZATraverse City to Phoenix988.9%-12.4 min0.0%
TVC–FLLTraverse City to Fort Lauderdale862.5%23.0 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2026Minutes
Air carrier29.5%33.5%1,199
Late-arriving aircraft39.7%40.4%1,611
National Aviation System26.5%21.0%1,076
Extreme weather4.3%5.0%173
Security0.0%0.1%0
4,059 delay minutes on 70 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 April 2026?

78.5% of 316 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 74.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 87.5% of 304 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 78.5% and 3.5% in April 2026.

Provenance

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