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Route Reliability

Phoenix → Cincinnati

PHXCVG · 1,569 miles · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport to Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport

84
Pretty Reliable
WanderNerd Reliability Score
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. 1.Frontier Airlines83%149 flights
  2. 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

On-time by weekday
  • Mon78%(102 flights)
  • Tue77%(62 flights)
  • Wed74%(70 flights)
  • Thu86%(103 flights)
  • Fri81%(96 flights)
  • Sat82%(72 flights)
  • Sun76%(116 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 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)
On-time trend by month
76%
May

Jun 90% → May 76% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202590%40
July 202574%38
August 202590%41
September 202592%38
October 202585%61
November 202570%50
December 202572%53
January 202670%46
February 202685%53
March 202669%90
April 202692%62
May 202676%49

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.