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.
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CMX on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Hancock/Houghton, MI sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Hancock/Houghton, MI handles more flight
volume than 30% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
21% of them, placing it in the quadrant for quiet 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.
Hancock/Houghton, MI vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 8,698 ·
On-time rate: 80.8%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Carrier.
Total delay minutes100,077 min
Carrier49,020 min · 49%
Late Aircraft24,940 min · 25%
Weather17,905 min · 18%
NAS (National Aviation System)8,167 min · 8%
Security45 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
CMX - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: May (93.9%) · worst: August (89%)
CMX - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Hancock/Houghton, MI vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
80.8%Top 79%higher than 21% of 382 airports
Hancock/Houghton, MI
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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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Hancock/Houghton, MI's on-time rate?
Hancock/Houghton, MI (CMX) has a 80.8% on-time rate across 8,698 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 1.8 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does CMX rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Hancock/Houghton, MI ranks #269 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a smaller regional airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Hancock/Houghton, MI?
Carrier is the leading delay cause at CMX, accounting for 49.0% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 24.9% late-aircraft, 49.0% carrier, 8.2% NAS/air-traffic-control, 17.9% weather, and 0.0% security.
When is the best time to fly through Hancock/Houghton, MI?
May is historically CMX's strongest month at 93.9% on-time, while August is the weakest at 89%, a 4.9-point swing across the BTS historical record.