Route Reliability
Phoenix → Cincinnati
PHX–CVG · 1,569 miles · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
- 80%
- Arrive within 15 minutes
- 5 min
- Average arrival delay
- 0.8%
- Cancelled
- 626
- Flights in the data
Data through May 2026.
Who flies it best
Ranked by on-time arrivals. Historical results, not predictions.
- 1.Frontier Airlines83%149 flights
- 2.American Airlines79%467 flights
Not enough history to rank: Southwest Airlines (10 flights). We rank airlines only after 100 flights on the route.
What the data says
Morning-you made the right choice.
PHX–CVG flights departing between 6–9 AM arrived on time 95% of the time, versus 50% between 6–9 PM.
Skip Wednesday if you can.
PHX–CVG flights arrived on time 86% of the time on Thursdays. On Wednesdays: 74%.
Frontier Airlines has a slight edge here.
Frontier Airlines arrived on time 83% of the time on this route; American Airlines managed 79%.
Ticking up lately.
PHX–CVG flights arrived on time 79% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 75% in the three months before that.
Best historical flights
Ranked by on-time arrivals, minimum 100 flights. Past performance, not a promise.
Top flights by on-time rate
More flights on this route
The breakdown
- Mon78%(102 flights)
- Tue77%(62 flights)
- Wed74%(70 flights)
- Thu86%(103 flights)
- Fri81%(96 flights)
- Sat82%(72 flights)
- Sun76%(116 flights)
- 12–3 AM—(2 flights)
- 6–9 AM95%(102 flights)
- 9 AM–12 PM81%(267 flights)
- 12–3 PM74%(27 flights)
- 3–6 PM74%(200 flights)
- 6–9 PM50%(22 flights)
- 9 PM–12 AM—(1 flights)
Jun 90% → May 76% on time
| Month | On-time percentage | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | 90% | 40 |
| July 2025 | 74% | 38 |
| August 2025 | 90% | 41 |
| September 2025 | 92% | 38 |
| October 2025 | 85% | 61 |
| November 2025 | 70% | 50 |
| December 2025 | 72% | 53 |
| January 2026 | 70% | 46 |
| February 2026 | 85% | 53 |
| March 2026 | 69% | 90 |
| April 2026 | 92% | 62 |
| May 2026 | 76% | 49 |
Keep nerding
Based on 626 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.