Central Il Regional Airport at Bloomington in April 2026

81.3%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 176 domestic departures from Central Il Regional Airport at Bloomington (BMI). 81.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.7% reached their destination on time; 1.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so BMI departures were 2.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 130 departures with 79.2% leaving on time: a change of +2.1 points, with flights up 35%.

Flights arriving at BMI that month were on time 79.5% of the time (176 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 55%, extreme weather 26% and national aviation system 13%.

On time 80.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.6%
Cancelled 1.7%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	BMI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	81.3%	79.2%	82.8%	79.1%
Arrived on time	80.7%	79.2%	81.0%	78.9%
Cancelled	1.7%	0.8%	2.1%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.9 min	12.7 min	15.6 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	6	4	5	19,931
Scheduled departures	176	130	1,953	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	151	86%	81.5%	7.1 min	2.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	25	14%	76.0%	10.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
BMI–ORD	Bloomington/Normal to Chicago	90	80.0%	10.9 min	1.1%
BMI–DFW	Bloomington/Normal to Dallas/Fort Worth	61	83.6%	1.5 min	3.3%
BMI–SFB	Bloomington/Normal to Sanford	9	100.0%	-6.0 min	0.0%
BMI–AZA	Bloomington/Normal to Phoenix	8	62.5%	35.1 min	0.0%
BMI–PIE	Bloomington/Normal to St. Petersburg	8	62.5%	5.3 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	6.9%	33.5%	213
Late-arriving aircraft	55.1%	40.4%	1,692
National Aviation System	12.5%	21.0%	384
Extreme weather	25.5%	5.0%	782
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,071 delay minutes on 31 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 April 2026?

81.3% of 176 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 79.2% of 130 departures left on time and 0.8% were cancelled, against 81.3% and 1.7% in April 2026.

Provenance

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