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Airport · CMX · Hancock/Houghton, Michigan

Hancock/Houghton, MI

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Hancock/Houghton, MI (CMX) ranks #269 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Hancock/Houghton, MI posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

80.8%
On-time
Top 79%
on-time, US airports
117 min
Delay when late
2.67%
Cancelled
#269 of 382
Corpus placement
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CMX on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%80.8%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 100,077.

Late Aircraft 24.9% (24,940 min)
Carrier 49.0% (49,020 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 8.2% (8,167 min)
Weather 17.9% (17,905 min)
Security 0.0% (45 min)

CMX - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: May (93.9%) · worst: August (89%)

88%90%92%94%96% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 90.7%

CMX - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 202020212022202320242025 95.7% 89.3% ▼ -6.7%

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

Average taxi-out 18.6 min · taxi-in 4.9 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min20 min30 min40 min Jan 24Dec 25 23.7 min 29.1 min ▲ +22.8%

CMX's average taxi-out (18.6 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 12.9 min (June 2024) to 31.2 min (February 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Hancock/Houghton, MI.

Cancellation Rate

2.67%

232 of 8,698 flights

Diversion Rate

0.07%

6 of 8,698 flights

Delay Rate

19.2%

1,668 of 8,698 flights

Top Routes from CMX

Busiest routes to and from Hancock/Houghton, MI.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
ORD (Chicago) → CMX (Hancock/Houghton) 4,319 78.6% 360 mi
CMX (Hancock/Houghton) → ORD (Chicago) 4,254 80.7% 360 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Hancock/Houghton, MI, both outside Michigan 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: 80.8%).

Washington, DC

Washington, VA

80.8% on-time 1,425,060 flights

Nashville, TN

Nashville, TN

80.8% on-time 1,046,597 flights

San Diego, CA

San Diego, CA

80.8% on-time 973,807 flights

Toledo, OH

Toledo, OH

80.8% on-time 7,268 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 8,698).

Petersburg, AK

Petersburg, AK

8,696 flights 85.4% on-time

Wrangell, AK

Wrangell, AK

8,696 flights 84.9% on-time

Yakutat, AK

Yakutat, AK

8,692 flights 85.4% on-time

Cordova, AK

Cordova, AK

8,691 flights 84.2% on-time

Other Airports in Michigan

Compare performance with other Michigan airports.

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GRR 81.9%

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TVC 81.3%

Traverse City, MI

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FNT 78.1%

Flint, MI

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LAN 85%

Lansing, MI

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MBS 84.1%

Saginaw/Bay City/Midland, MI

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AZO 87.1%

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MQT 83.1%

Marquette, MI

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CMX delay-share reading

The standout signal at Hancock/Houghton, MI is the delay mix: Carrier owns 49.0% of 100,077 delay minutes across 8,698 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 80.8% (1.8 pts above the 79% national average), with 1,668 delayed and 232 cancelled (2.67%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (24.9% late-aircraft, 49.0% carrier, 8.2% NAS, 17.9% weather, 0.0% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, CMX is strongest in May (93.9% on-time) and weakest in August (89%), a 4.9-point swing. Volume peaks in August (~131 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ORD (Chicago) at 78.6% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Michigan: Michigan 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 CMX's data

CMX'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 CMX before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in May rather than August if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 18.6 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. 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.