Central Il Regional Airport at Bloomington in January 2026

81.9%departed on time

BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.

In January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 138 domestic departures from Central Il Regional Airport at Bloomington (BMI). 81.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.2% reached their destination on time; 2.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so BMI departures were 6.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 82 departures with 86.6% leaving on time: a change of −4.7 points, with flights up 68%.

Flights arriving at BMI that month were on time 76.1% of the time (138 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 73%, extreme weather 18% and national aviation system 4%.

On time 81.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.9%
Cancelled 2.9%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from BMI in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	BMI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	81.9%	86.6%	82.8%	75.6%
Arrived on time	81.2%	82.9%	81.0%	75.3%
Cancelled	2.9%	3.7%	2.1%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	18.1 min	5.5 min	15.6 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	3	5	18,133
Scheduled departures	138	82	1,953	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	119	86%	84.0%	-0.4 min	3.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	19	14%	63.2%	0.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BMI–DFW	Bloomington/Normal to Dallas/Fort Worth	61	85.2%	-16.1 min	4.9%
BMI–ORD	Bloomington/Normal to Chicago	58	82.8%	15.6 min	1.7%
BMI–SFB	Bloomington/Normal to Sanford	10	50.0%	6.6 min	0.0%
BMI–PIE	Bloomington/Normal to St. Petersburg	9	77.8%	-7.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	3.5%	37.3%	80
Late-arriving aircraft	73.2%	35.0%	1,670
National Aviation System	4.3%	18.0%	99
Extreme weather	18.2%	9.6%	416
Security	0.7%	0.1%	15

2,280 delay minutes on 22 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left BMI on time in January 2026?

81.9% of 138 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 86.6% of 82 departures left on time and 3.7% were cancelled, against 81.9% and 2.9% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for BMI · methodology · corrections.