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.
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CAK on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Akron, OH sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Akron, OH handles more flight
volume than 56% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
18% of them, placing it in the quadrant for busy and delay-prone.
Flight volume and on-time rate are independent figures: a busy airport can still run
reliably, and a quiet one can still run late.
Akron, OH vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 36,344 ·
On-time rate: 80.4%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Carrier.
Total delay minutes309,914 min
Carrier124,564 min · 40%
Late Aircraft111,360 min · 36%
NAS (National Aviation System)49,579 min · 16%
Weather24,235 min · 8%
Security176 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
CAK - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: October (94.5%) · worst: July (88%)
CAK - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Akron, OH vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
80.4%Top 82%higher than 18% of 382 airports
Akron, OH
60%95%
U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Akron, OH's on-time rate?
Akron, OH (CAK) has a 80.4% on-time rate across 36,344 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 1.4 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does CAK rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Akron, OH ranks #170 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a mid-size U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Akron, OH?
Carrier is the leading delay cause at CAK, accounting for 40.2% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 35.9% late-aircraft, 40.2% carrier, 16.0% NAS/air-traffic-control, 7.8% weather, and 0.1% security.
When is the best time to fly through Akron, OH?
October is historically CAK's strongest month at 94.5% on-time, while July is the weakest at 88%, a 6.5-point swing across the BTS historical record.