Historical on-time performance
Cincinnati to Phoenix
1,569 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on CVG–PHX arrive on time 83% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate83%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay30 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled0.3%of scheduled flights
based on 304 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).
By airline
How each carrier compares
Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.
- Frontier AirlinesOn-time90%Medianon timep9010 minCancel0.0%Flights31
- American AirlinesOn-time82%Medianon timep9035 minCancel0.4%Flights273
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline42%
- Weather5%
- Air traffic (NAS)21%
- Late aircraft31%
- Security1%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly CVG → PHX
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Middays are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 87% on time.
- Middays87% on time · p90 20 min · 165 flights · limited
- Mornings80% on time · p90 30 min · 845 flights
- Afternoons79% on time · p90 40 min · 186 flights · limited
- Evenings74% on time · p90 60 min · 297 flights
- Overnights68% on time · p90 65 min · 77 flights · limited
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 76% to 83% on time.
- Fridays83% on time · p90 25 min · 235 flights
- Thursdays80% on time · p90 35 min · 237 flights
- Tuesdays80% on time · p90 40 min · 192 flights · limited
- Sundays79% on time · p90 35 min · 267 flights
- Mondays76% on time · p90 45 min · 232 flights
- Saturdays76% on time · p90 40 min · 222 flights
- Wednesdays76% on time · p90 45 min · 185 flights · limited
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