Historical on-time performance
Phoenix to Cincinnati
1,569 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS
Flights on PHX–CVG arrive on time 75% of the time over the last 12 months.
On-time rate75%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay45 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-time80%Medianon timep9020 minCancel0.0%Flights30
- American AirlinesOn-time74%Medianon timep9045 minCancel0.4%Flights274
Why flights run late
Delay causes
- Airline35%
- Weather0%
- Air traffic (NAS)16%
- Late aircraft49%
- Security0%
Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.
Over time
On-time trend
By season
On-time rate by month
When to fly
Best time to fly PHX → CVG
All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).
Best time of day
Mornings are the most reliable time of day to fly this route — 85% on time.
- Mornings85% on time · p90 20 min · 518 flights
- Afternoons76% on time · p90 45 min · 594 flights
- Middays73% on time · p90 45 min · 184 flights · limited
- Evenings69% on time · p90 60 min · 247 flights
Best day of week
On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 73% to 81% on time.
- Mondays81% on time · p90 30 min · 232 flights
- Thursdays79% on time · p90 40 min · 237 flights
- Fridays79% on time · p90 35 min · 236 flights
- Saturdays78% on time · p90 35 min · 229 flights
- Tuesdays77% on time · p90 45 min · 196 flights · limited
- Sundays75% on time · p90 50 min · 264 flights
- Wednesdays73% on time · p90 70 min · 179 flights · limited
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