On-Time Report

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Route · 12 months to July 2026

Cincinnati to Austin: on-time record

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International to Austin - Bergstrom International

76.0%arrived 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. Data through July 2026; this is a monthly history, not live flight status.

Flights from Cincinnati (CVG) to Austin (AUS) arrived on time 76.0% of the time in the 12 months to July 2026. Reporting carriers scheduled 183 flights on the route in that period, about 0.5 a day, a distance of 958 miles.

That is level with the national on-time share of 76.0% for the same period and 1.6 points below the 77.6% recorded for all departures from CVG. Flights that did arrive were 6.9 min late on average, and 0.0% of scheduled flights were cancelled (national: 1.8%).

Allegiant Air operates most of the reported flights on the route, with 93 flights in the period.

By scheduled departure hour (local time at CVG), flights leaving from 9 am to 10 am had the highest on-time share, 95.2%; those leaving from 3 pm to 4 pm had the lowest, 68.9%.

The on-time share is down 5.6 points on the previous 12 months (81.6%); cancellations moved from 0.0% to 0.0%.

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category on this route, national aviation system 36%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and air carrier 19%.

76.0%arrived on timenational 76.0%
6.9 minaverage arrival delayearly arrivals count as negative; national 8.1 min
0.0%cancellednational 1.8%
15flights a month183 in 12 months · 958 miles
Every scheduled CVG to AUS flight by a reporting carrier, August 2025 to July 2026.

Airlines on the route compared

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
G4 Allegiant Air9351%73.1%10.9 min0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines5731%75.4%8.2 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines3318%84.8%-6.5 min0.0%

Carriers with at least 24 flights in the 12 months to July 2026. The on-time pill is green when a carrier is at or above the route's overall share. Regional carriers operate flights sold under larger airlines' brands; BTS lists the carrier that operated the flight.

Compared with the airports and the nation

MeasureCVG to AUSAll departures from CVGAll arrivals at AUSAll reported flights
Arrived on time76.0%77.6%76.0%76.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late24.0%20.2%22.8%21.9%
Cancelled0.0%1.9%1.1%1.8%
Diverted0.0%0.3%0.2%0.3%
Average arrival delay6.9 min7.9 min7.0 min8.1 min
Delay minutes per 100 flights1,4981,6961,5451,684
Scheduled flights18333,91689,5147,043,858

12 months to July 2026. Delay minutes count late arrivals only (an early arrival is zero), so the per-100-flights row is a normalised total rather than an average of early and late.

The return direction, AUS to CVG, recorded 62.8% on time across 183 flights in the same period.

Month by month

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Share of scheduled CVG to AUS flights that arrived on time, Aug 2023 to Jul 2026. Green columns are at or above the national figure for that month (the dark tick), amber below it, red more than eight points below.

Year on year: on time 76.0% against 81.6% (−5.6 pts), cancelled 0.0% against 0.0%, flights 183 against 451.

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of flights that arrived on time, by the hour they were scheduled to leave CVG (local time), 12 months to July 2026. Faded cells have few flights. Hover or tap a cell for counts.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNationalMinutes
Air carrier18.5%33.3%459
Late-arriving aircraft35.6%39.7%886
National Aviation System36.1%20.7%899
Extreme weather9.8%6.1%243
Security0.0%0.1%0
2,487 delay minutes on 44 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Seasonality

Calendar monthFlightsOn timeCancelledAvg arrival delayYears in sample
Jan6570.8%0.0%12.7 min3
Feb5984.7%0.0%-2.7 min2
Mar9588.4%0.0%-5.2 min3
Apr10184.2%0.0%-3.4 min3
May9972.7%0.0%6.9 min3
Jun11672.4%0.0%7.8 min3
Jul11962.2%1.7%21.4 min3
Aug14582.1%0.0%9.4 min3
Sep12381.3%0.8%5.2 min3
Oct12185.1%0.0%0.8 min3
Nov11881.4%0.8%4.1 min3
Dec9181.3%0.0%3.4 min3

Each calendar month summed across the 36 months on file, so most rows combine three years. The pill compares the month with the route's own 12-month share.

Other routes from Cincinnati (CVG)

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CVG–ORDCincinnati to Chicago4,65568.8%18.5 min3.5%
CVG–ATLCincinnati to Atlanta3,02084.8%-0.9 min1.3%
CVG–BOSCincinnati to Boston1,99977.8%2.1 min3.2%
CVG–MCOCincinnati to Orlando1,79578.4%6.5 min1.2%
CVG–CLTCincinnati to Charlotte1,78578.9%11.5 min2.1%
CVG–DFWCincinnati to Dallas/Fort Worth1,70871.8%10.2 min3.2%
CVG–DENCincinnati to Denver1,50481.4%4.8 min0.9%
CVG–PHLCincinnati to Philadelphia1,25877.8%10.4 min3.2%

All 47 routes and the airport record for CVG · airport record for AUS

Questions and answers

How often are flights from Cincinnati to Austin on time?

76.0% of the 183 flights scheduled from CVG to AUS in the 12 months to July 2026 arrived less than 15 minutes after their scheduled time. The national share for the same period was 76.0%. Cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time.

Which airline has the highest on-time share from CVG to AUS?

Allegiant Air is the only reporting carrier with at least 60 flights on the route in the period, so there is no comparison to make.

What causes delays between Cincinnati and Austin?

For flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late, carriers attributed the delay minutes as follows: national aviation system 36%, late-arriving aircraft 36%, air carrier 19%, extreme weather 10%, security 0%. The categories are the carriers' own reports to BTS; weather that slows the wider system is usually recorded under the National Aviation System rather than extreme weather.

What time of day has the highest on-time share from CVG?

Flights scheduled to leave CVG from 9 am to 10 am arrived on time 95.2% of the time, the highest of any hour with enough flights to compare. The lowest was 3 pm to 4 pm at 68.9%. Delays tend to build through the day as late aircraft carry over to later flights.

Is it getting better?

The on-time share for the 12 months to July 2026 was 76.0%, down 5.6 points on the previous 12 months (81.6%). The monthly chart on this page shows each of the last 36 months. Across those months, March had the highest on-time share (88.4%) and July the lowest (62.2%).

Where does this data come from?

Every figure is computed from the Bureau of Transportation Statistics Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance files, which list each scheduled domestic flight by the carriers required to report. This page covers August 2023 to July 2026. It shows totals and averages only; it is not a live flight-status service.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987 to present), monthly files August 2023 to July 2026, a US government work in the public domain. Figures are totals and averages over all scheduled flights by reporting carriers on the route; no individual flight or aircraft is identified. Times are local to the departure airport. The load factor and passenger counts from the BTS T-100 series are not included in this edition. See the methodology; report processing errors through corrections.