Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) delays & on-time performance
Cincinnati, Kentucky · 47 nonstop destinations · 11 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at CVG right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
79%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
1.9%
649 flights
Avg arrival delay
17 min
79 min when late
Departed on time
81%
avg taxi-out 16 min
Figures cover 33,916 departures from CVG; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into CVG were on time 77% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) arrived on time 79% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, better than the 78% national average.
- 1.9% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (85% on time); PSA Airlines was the least (74%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (90% on time); around 6pm did worst (66%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (36%).
Most delayed routes from CVG
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DCA · Washington63%1,017 flts
- ORD · Chicago71%4,655 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth75%1,708 flts
- SEA · Seattle76%793 flts
- FLL · Fort Lauderdale76%988 flts
- VPS · Valparaiso77%416 flts
- MCO · Orlando80%1,795 flts
- PHX · Phoenix80%607 flts
- BNA · Nashville80%521 flts
- BOS · Boston80%1,999 flts
Most reliable routes from CVG
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- EWR · Newark90%514 flts
- IAD · Washington87%585 flts
- JFK · New York87%681 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis86%827 flts
- ATL · Atlanta86%3,020 flts
- SLC · Salt Lake City86%822 flts
- RSW · Fort Myers85%671 flts
- BWI · Baltimore85%720 flts
- IAH · Houston83%691 flts
- DEN · Denver83%1,504 flts
Best airline at CVG
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 85% | 1.1% | 12 min | 14 | 7,635 |
| Republic Airways | 82% | 3.3% | 14 min | 11 | 4,926 |
| Southwest Airlines | 81% | 1.0% | 12 min | 7 | 2,446 |
| Envoy Air | 80% | 1.8% | 14 min | 5 | 2,574 |
| Frontier Airlines | 79% | 1.3% | 18 min | 15 | 3,136 |
| United Airlines | 79% | 1.5% | 17 min | 4 | 2,331 |
| Allegiant Air | 77% | 0.4% | 19 min | 24 | 3,511 |
| American Airlines | 76% | 2.3% | 22 min | 7 | 3,079 |
| PSA Airlines | 74% | 3.8% | 29 min | 5 | 2,844 |
| Alaska Airlines | 69% | 1.4% | 19 min | 1 | 431 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 61% | 5.6% | 43 min | 4 | 1,003 |
Best time to fly out of CVG
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am90%1,342 flts
- 6am88%4,430 flts
- 7am85%4,102 flts
- 8am82%2,574 flts
- 9am86%1,421 flts
- 10am86%1,037 flts
- 11am80%2,010 flts
- 12pm79%1,922 flts
- 1pm79%1,624 flts
- 2pm76%2,208 flts
- 3pm75%2,054 flts
- 4pm76%1,993 flts
- 5pm68%2,142 flts
- 6pm66%1,941 flts
- 7pm72%2,024 flts
- 8pm68%674 flts
- 9pm65%376 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Late-arriving aircraft36%
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion27%
- Extreme weather6%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.