Central Il Regional Airport at Bloomington in March 2026

78.5%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 186 domestic departures from Central Il Regional Airport at Bloomington (BMI). 78.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.3% reached their destination on time; 2.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so BMI departures were 5.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 80 departures with 86.3% leaving on time: a change of −7.8 points, with flights up 133%.

Flights arriving at BMI that month were on time 74.2% of the time (186 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, extreme weather 42%, air carrier 29% and late-arriving aircraft 19%.

On time 76.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.4%
Cancelled 2.7%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	BMI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	78.5%	86.3%	82.8%	72.8%
Arrived on time	76.3%	85.0%	81.0%	73.2%
Cancelled	2.7%	1.3%	2.1%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	27.4 min	6.3 min	15.6 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	3	5	20,403
Scheduled departures	186	80	1,953	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	155	83%	79.4%	5.6 min	3.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	31	17%	61.3%	39.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BMI–ORD	Bloomington/Normal to Chicago	93	72.0%	23.2 min	5.4%
BMI–DFW	Bloomington/Normal to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	90.3%	-19.8 min	0.0%
BMI–PIE	Bloomington/Normal to St. Petersburg	11	54.5%	27.1 min	0.0%
BMI–SFB	Bloomington/Normal to Sanford	11	54.5%	4.1 min	0.0%
BMI–AZA	Bloomington/Normal to Phoenix	9	77.8%	97.7 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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	29.1%	33.5%	1,445
Late-arriving aircraft	19.1%	39.3%	947
National Aviation System	9.7%	21.0%	483
Extreme weather	42.1%	5.9%	2,092
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,967 delay minutes on 38 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 March 2026?

78.5% of 186 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 86.3% of 80 departures left on time and 1.3% were cancelled, against 78.5% and 2.7% in March 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.