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Airport · CAK · Akron, Ohio

Akron, OH

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Akron, OH (CAK) ranks #170 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Akron, OH posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

80.4%
On-time
Top 82%
on-time, US airports
91 min
Delay when late
1.03%
Cancelled
#170 of 382
Corpus placement
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CAK on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%80.4%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 309,914.

Late Aircraft 35.9% (111,360 min)
Carrier 40.2% (124,564 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 16.0% (49,579 min)
Weather 7.8% (24,235 min)
Security 0.1% (176 min)

CAK - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: October (94.5%) · worst: July (88%)

86%88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 89.5%

CAK - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

88%90%92%94%96% 202020212022202320242025 94% 89.6% ▼ -4.7%

CAK - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 19.5 min · taxi-in 5.6 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

15 min20 min25 min30 min Jan 24Dec 25 23.9 min 28.1 min ▲ +17.6%

CAK's average taxi-out (19.5 min) runs longer than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). The heaviest month in this window is December 2025 at 28.1 min; the lightest is August 2025 at 16.2 min.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Akron, OH.

Cancellation Rate

1.03%

373 of 36,344 flights

Diversion Rate

0.15%

56 of 36,344 flights

Delay Rate

19.6%

7,137 of 36,344 flights

Top Routes from CAK

Busiest routes to and from Akron, OH.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
CAK (Akron) → CLT (Charlotte) 7,695 84.2% 394 mi
CLT (Charlotte) → CAK (Akron) 7,579 78.5% 394 mi
ORD (Chicago) → CAK (Akron) 3,727 72.3% 343 mi
CAK (Akron) → ORD (Chicago) 3,722 76.1% 343 mi
DCA (Washington) → CAK (Akron) 1,500 69.9% 274 mi
CAK (Akron) → DCA (Washington) 1,472 88.1% 274 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Akron, OH, both outside Ohio so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 80.4%).

Jacksonville, FL

Jacksonville, FL

80.4% on-time 316,106 flights

Colorado Springs, CO

Colorado Springs, CO

80.4% on-time 134,711 flights

Nantucket, MA

Nantucket, MA

80.5% on-time 17,080 flights

Columbia, MO

Columbia, MO

80.3% on-time 19,935 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 36,344).

Charleston/Dunbar, WV

Charleston/Dunbar, WV

36,162 flights 81.5% on-time

Lafayette, LA

Lafayette, LA

37,254 flights 83.2% on-time

Eagle, CO

Eagle, CO

37,271 flights 78% on-time

Daytona Beach, FL

Daytona Beach, FL

34,922 flights 84.9% on-time

Other Airports in Ohio

Compare performance with other Ohio airports.

CMH 82.8%

Columbus, OH

Columbus · 450,603 flights
CLE 82%

Cleveland, OH

Cleveland · 446,498 flights
DAY 84.2%

Dayton, OH

Dayton · 87,827 flights
LCK 74.3%

Columbus, OH

Columbus · 12,681 flights
TOL 80.8%

Toledo, OH

Toledo · 7,268 flights

CAK delay-share reading

The standout signal at Akron, OH is the delay mix: Carrier owns 40.2% of 309,914 delay minutes across 36,344 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 80.4% (1.4 pts above the 79% national average), with 7,137 delayed and 373 cancelled (1.03%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (35.9% late-aircraft, 40.2% carrier, 16.0% NAS, 7.8% weather, 0.1% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, CAK is strongest in October (94.5% on-time) and weakest in July (88%), a 6.5-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~592 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to CLT (Charlotte) at 84.2% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Ohio: Ohio flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using CAK's data

CAK's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from CAK before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in October rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Build extra connection buffer when taxi-out spikes. December 2025 averaged 28.1 min. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.