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Airport month · May 2026
Cherry Capital in May 2026
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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 468 domestic departures from Cherry Capital (TVC). 84.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 82.1% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so TVC departures were 7.7 points above the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 319 departures with 86.2% leaving on time: a change of −1.4 points, with flights up 47%.
Flights arriving at TVC that month were on time 79.5% of the time (469 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 45%, air carrier 35% and national aviation system 16%.
- On time 82.1%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.9%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.2%
May 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | May 2026 | May 2025 | TVC, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, May 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 84.8% | 86.2% | 71.9% | 77.1% |
| Arrived on time | 82.1% | 81.2% | 69.7% | 77.6% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | 0.0% | 3.7% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.6 min | 11.6 min | 25.4 min | 16.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 16 | 11 | 15 | 20,391 |
| Scheduled departures | 468 | 319 | 5,593 | 611,735 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 140 | 30% | 85.0% | -2.3 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 121 | 26% | 82.6% | 0.1 min | 2.5% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 48 | 10% | 85.4% | -9.4 min | 2.1% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 46 | 10% | 78.3% | 29.0 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 42 | 9% | 83.3% | 4.6 min | 0.0% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 35 | 7% | 94.3% | -6.9 min | 0.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 25 | 5% | 56.0% | 16.0 min | 0.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 11 | 2% | 54.5% | 45.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TVC–ORD | Traverse City to Chicago | 279 | 83.2% | 0.5 min | 1.4% |
| TVC–DTW | Traverse City to Detroit | 51 | 92.2% | -3.8 min | 0.0% |
| TVC–DEN | Traverse City to Denver | 31 | 93.5% | -16.4 min | 0.0% |
| TVC–BOS | Traverse City to Boston | 22 | 81.8% | -5.5 min | 0.0% |
| TVC–CLT | Traverse City to Charlotte | 20 | 75.0% | 65.5 min | 0.0% |
| TVC–PHL | Traverse City to Philadelphia | 13 | 84.6% | 1.0 min | 0.0% |
| TVC–DCA | Traverse City to Washington | 12 | 75.0% | -5.3 min | 0.0% |
| TVC–DFW | Traverse City to Dallas/Fort Worth | 11 | 54.5% | 45.7 min | 0.0% |
| TVC–PIE | Traverse City to St. Petersburg | 9 | 66.7% | 10.7 min | 0.0% |
| TVC–SFB | Traverse City to Sanford | 9 | 55.6% | 8.0 min | 0.0% |
| TVC–PGD | Traverse City to Punta Gorda | 6 | 50.0% | 35.3 min | 0.0% |
| TVC–ATL | Traverse City to Atlanta | 4 | 75.0% | -4.5 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left TVC on time in May 2026?
84.8% of 468 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 82.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In May 2025, 86.2% of 319 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 84.8% and 0.9% in May 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for May 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.