Cherry Capital Airport (TVC) delays & on-time performance
Traverse City, Michigan · 19 nonstop destinations · 9 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at TVC right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
73%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
3.7%
206 flights
Avg arrival delay
27 min
94 min when late
Departed on time
75%
avg taxi-out 19 min
Figures cover 5,593 departures from TVC; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into TVC were on time 73% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Cherry Capital Airport (TVC) arrived on time 73% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
- 3.7% were cancelled, and 12% arrived an hour or more late.
- Republic Airways was the most punctual airline here (82% on time); Allegiant Air was the least (60%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (92% on time); around 5pm did worst (60%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (33%).
Most delayed routes from TVC
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ORD · Chicago71%2,768 flts
- DTW · Detroit76%1,058 flts
Most reliable routes from TVC
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DTW · Detroit76%1,058 flts
- ORD · Chicago71%2,768 flts
Best airline at TVC
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republic Airways | 82% | 3.9% | 15 min | 6 | 779 |
| Envoy Air | 81% | 2.7% | 15 min | 3 | 407 |
| Delta Air Lines | 81% | 2.2% | 15 min | 4 | 446 |
| United Airlines | 74% | 2.2% | 19 min | 3 | 630 |
| PSA Airlines | 72% | 7.4% | 29 min | 4 | 699 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 69% | 3.9% | 35 min | 5 | 2,051 |
| American Airlines | 63% | 1.0% | 51 min | 3 | 199 |
| Allegiant Air | 60% | 1.5% | 24 min | 5 | 331 |
| JetBlue | 50% | 3.9% | 71 min | 1 | 51 |
Best time to fly out of TVC
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am92%184 flts
- 6am82%591 flts
- 7am78%349 flts
- 9am75%232 flts
- 10am83%133 flts
- 11am82%308 flts
- 12pm73%661 flts
- 1pm77%502 flts
- 2pm70%511 flts
- 3pm76%319 flts
- 4pm66%345 flts
- 5pm60%725 flts
- 6pm65%250 flts
- 7pm62%263 flts
- 8pm56%100 flts
- 9pm44%62 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)33%
- Late-arriving aircraft33%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion21%
- Extreme weather13%
- 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.