Airport reliability

Traverse City (TVC) on-time performance

How reliably flights leave Traverse City, MI (TVC) and reach their destinations, by airline, departure hour and month, September 2025 to August 2026.

Historical performance Official DOT data through August 2026 · Not live flight status

Traverse City, MI5,756 departures in 12 months

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Departures on time: 69.7%
Cancelled: 3.6%
60+ minutes late: 12.1%
Scheduled departures: 5,756

What this means

TVC departures ran below the U.S. average.

69.7% of the 5,756 scheduled departures from Traverse City (TVC) arrived at their destination on time, 5.9 points lower than the U.S. average of 75.6%.
3.6% of departures were cancelled (U.S. average 1.9%), and 12.1% arrived an hour or more late.
Flights arriving at TVC were on time 70.0% of the time.
Among airlines with at least 300 departures, Delta Air Lines was the most punctual from TVC (79.4%) and Allegiant Air the least (58.4%).
Over the last 3 years, September was the most reliable month for departures from TVC (81.7% on time) and January the least reliable (56.3%).
Cancellations peaked in March, when 5.1% of flights were cancelled.
Flights scheduled to depart before 6 am were the most punctual (88.8% on time); flights scheduled to depart 7 pm to 8 pm were the least (55.1%).

Airlines at TVC

Ranked by on-time arrival

Departures from TVC, September 2025 to August 2026. On time means arrived at the destination within 15 minutes of schedule.
Airline	On time	Cancelled	60+ min late	Avg delay when late	Departures
Delta Air Lines	79.4%	2.5%	6.0%	78 min	433
Envoy AirSold as American Eagle	78.0%	2.2%	8.2%	76 min	450
Republic AirwaysSold as American Eagle, Delta Connection, United Express	75.1%	4.4%	10.1%	93 min	901
United Airlines	71.6%	1.4%	8.8%	79 min	623
PSA AirlinesSold as American Eagle	66.8%	7.7%	13.2%	102 min	692
SkyWest AirlinesSold as United Express, Delta Connection, American Eagle, Alaska	66.6%	3.7%	15.2%	118 min	2,097
American Airlines	65.8%	0.0%	15.5%	116 min	187
Allegiant Air	58.4%	1.6%	9.9%	64 min	322
JetBlue Airways	45.1%	5.9%	27.5%	147 min	51

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On-time rate by departure hour

<6a 88.8%

6a 79.2%

7a 75.6%

8a Insufficient sample

9a 74.6%

10a 78.1%

11a 79.4%

12p 67.7%

1p 73.6%

2p 69.5%

3p 73.3%

4p 65.6%

5p 57.9%

6p 61.6%

7p 55.1%

8p 45.9%

9p Insufficient sample

10p Insufficient sample

Share of scheduled flights on time TVC average 69.7%

Departures from TVC by scheduled local departure hour, September 2025 to August 2026. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
Departing before 6 am	88.8%	205
Departing 6 am to 7 am	79.2%	587
Departing 7 am to 8 am	75.6%	340
Departing 8 am to 9 am	Insufficient sample	47
Departing 9 am to 10 am	74.6%	252
Departing 10 am to 11 am	78.1%	151
Departing 11 am to noon	79.4%	306
Departing noon to 1 pm	67.7%	654
Departing 1 pm to 2 pm	73.6%	605
Departing 2 pm to 3 pm	69.5%	463
Departing 3 pm to 4 pm	73.3%	356
Departing 4 pm to 5 pm	65.6%	355
Departing 5 pm to 6 pm	57.9%	738
Departing 6 pm to 7 pm	61.6%	245
Departing 7 pm to 8 pm	55.1%	303
Departing 8 pm to 9 pm	45.9%	98
Departing 9 pm to 10 pm	Insufficient sample	45
Departing 10 pm to 11 pm	Insufficient sample	6

Best and worst months at TVC

Jan 56.3%

Feb 72.5%

Mar 70.0%

Apr 78.8%

May 81.2%

Jun 72.1%

Jul 68.4%

Aug 69.1%

Sep 81.7%

Oct 80.8%

Nov 75.2%

Dec 61.7%

Share of scheduled flights on time 12-month average 69.7%

Departures from TVC by calendar month, September 2023 to August 2026 pooled. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
January	56.3%	735
February	72.5%	706
March	70.0%	824
April	78.8%	843
May	81.2%	1,061
June	72.1%	1,855
July	68.4%	2,283
August	69.1%	2,184
September	81.7%	1,189
October	80.8%	1,012
November	75.2%	826
December	61.7%	831

Month by month, last 12 months

Sep 77.2%

Oct 72.6%

Nov 66.4%

Dec 46.0%

Jan 53.2%

Feb 71.3%

Mar 58.2%

Apr 74.4%

May 82.1%

Jun 75.3%

Jul 71.2%

Aug 68.5%

Share of scheduled flights on time U.S. average 75.6%

Departures from TVC, September 2025 to August 2026. Scale starts at zero.

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Period	On time	Flights
Sep 2025	77.2%	452
Oct 2025	72.6%	489
Nov 2025	66.4%	390
Dec 2025	46.0%	341
Jan 2026	53.2%	252
Feb 2026	71.3%	244
Mar 2026	58.2%	294
Apr 2026	74.4%	316
May 2026	82.1%	468
Jun 2026	75.3%	732
Jul 2026	71.2%	909
Aug 2026	68.5%	869

Busiest routes from TVC

Nonstop routes from TVC by scheduled flights, September 2025 to August 2026.
To	On time	Cancelled	Airlines	Flights
Chicago (ORD)	67.8%	4.8%	5	2,863
Detroit (DTW)	74.3%	2.3%	2	1,062
Boston (BOS)	74.0%	1.9%	2	262
Charlotte (CLT)	82.3%	2.1%	2	243
Denver (DEN)	76.1%	0.0%	2	234
Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW)	59.2%	0.0%	2	157
Washington (DCA)	67.1%	3.9%	3	152
Philadelphia (PHL)	80.8%	5.0%	2	120
New York (LGA)	54.5%	14.1%	2	99
Sanford (SFB)	55.7%	2.1%	1	97
Minneapolis (MSP)	78.1%	0.0%	2	96
St. Petersburg (PIE)	60.0%	0.0%	1	95
Punta Gorda (PGD)	67.6%	2.7%	1	74
Newark (EWR)	72.1%	7.4%	1	68

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Sources & data dates

Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance (1987-present)
Period: September 2025 to August 2026 (12 months); month-of-year patterns September 2023 to August 2026
Data through: August 2026
Processed: 2026-11-03
Scope: Scheduled nonstop domestic departures from Traverse City, MI (TVC) by airlines that report to the DOT.
Method: Rates use all scheduled flights as the denominator; cancelled and diverted flights count as not on time. Figures based on fewer than 50 scheduled flights are suppressed. Full methodology.

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