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Airport Reliability

CVG · Cincinnati

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

81%
Departures within 15 minutes
13 min
Average departure delay
76%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
2.1%
Departures cancelled

Based on 43,531 departures and 43,530 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

Morning flights do better here.

Departures from CVG departing between 3–6 AM arrived on time 90% of the time, versus 63% between 9 PM–12 AM.

Wednesday comes out ahead.

A small edge: 82% on time on Wednesdays against 75% on Sundays.

Ticking up lately.

Departures from CVG arrived on time 81% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% in the three months before that.

When CVG gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 3–6 AM90%(1363 flights)
  • 6–9 AM86%(13745 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM84%(6133 flights)
  • 12–3 PM77%(7682 flights)
  • 3–6 PM71%(7722 flights)
  • 6–9 PM67%(5469 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM63%(392 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon77%(6499 flights)
  • Tue80%(5389 flights)
  • Wed82%(5546 flights)
  • Thu80%(6514 flights)
  • Fri79%(6553 flights)
  • Sat80%(5467 flights)
  • Sun75%(6538 flights)
On-time trend by month
83%
May

Jun 74% → May 83% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202574%3739
July 202572%3783
August 202581%3679
September 202587%3355
October 202582%3742
November 202582%3347
December 202568%3395
January 202681%3004
February 202678%3027
March 202676%3892
April 202684%3693
May 202683%3850

Airlines departing CVG

Busiest routes from CVG

Based on 43,531 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.