On-Time Report

Airports › Cedar Rapids/Iowa City (CID) › September 2024

Airport month · September 2024

The Eastern Iowa in September 2024

88.2%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 740 domestic departures from The Eastern Iowa (CID). 88.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.2% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so CID departures were 3.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 602 departures with 86.5% leaving on time: a change of +1.7 points, with flights up 23%.

Flights arriving at CID that month were on time 85.3% of the time (739 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and national aviation system 20%.

Every scheduled departure from CID in September 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

September 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureSep 2024Sep 2023CID, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time88.2%86.5%76.8%84.4%
Arrived on time86.2%84.9%74.9%83.9%
Cancelled0.5%0.3%2.7%0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)9.8 min15.1 min23.5 min10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day25202319,421
Scheduled departures7406028,397582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines14620%83.6%0.2 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air12116%88.4%-3.8 min0.0%
UA United Airlines11516%93.9%-6.5 min0.0%
AA American Airlines9212%80.4%25.3 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines8612%82.6%-1.8 min3.5%
9E Endeavor Air628%79.0%-3.7 min0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air588%89.7%-5.2 min1.7%
DL Delta Air Lines304%96.7%-4.7 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines304%86.7%-12.4 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CID–ORDCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Chicago20983.7%-0.2 min0.0%
CID–DENCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Denver12094.2%-9.9 min0.0%
CID–MSPCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Minneapolis7977.2%0.9 min0.0%
CID–DFWCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Dallas/Fort Worth6978.3%33.9 min0.0%
CID–CLTCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Charlotte6090.0%-0.9 min1.7%
CID–PHXCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix5994.9%-9.8 min0.0%
CID–DCACedar Rapids/Iowa City to Washington5678.6%-2.6 min3.6%
CID–ATLCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Atlanta3096.7%-4.7 min0.0%
CID–AZACedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix1392.3%-9.3 min0.0%
CID–BNACedar Rapids/Iowa City to Nashville988.9%8.0 min0.0%
CID–LASCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Las Vegas9100.0%-26.7 min0.0%
CID–PGDCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Punta Gorda988.9%4.9 min0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over
Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Sep 2024Minutes
Air carrier53.2%38.6%3,758
Late-arriving aircraft23.5%38.4%1,660
National Aviation System19.5%18.2%1,375
Extreme weather3.9%4.8%275
Security0.0%0.1%0
7,068 delay minutes on 96 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.
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Questions and answers

How many flights left CID on time in September 2024?

88.2% of 740 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 86.5% of 602 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 88.2% and 0.5% in September 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for September 2024; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for CID · methodology · corrections.