Airports › Cedar Rapids/Iowa City (CID) › December 2024
Airport month · December 2024
The Eastern Iowa in December 2024
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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 684 domestic departures from The Eastern Iowa (CID). 69.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.2% reached their destination on time; 7.0% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so CID departures were 8.6 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 602 departures with 84.6% leaving on time: a change of −15.4 points, with flights up 14%.
Flights arriving at CID that month were on time 70.5% of the time (684 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 42%, air carrier 37% and national aviation system 11%.
- On time 70.2%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.4%
- Cancelled 7.0%
- Diverted 0.4%
December 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | CID, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 69.2% | 84.6% | 76.8% | 77.8% |
| Arrived on time | 70.2% | 83.1% | 74.9% | 78.1% |
| Cancelled | 7.0% | 0.3% | 2.7% | 0.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 26.8 min | 12.6 min | 23.5 min | 16.6 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 23 | 20 | 23 | 19,686 |
| Scheduled departures | 684 | 602 | 8,397 | 590,581 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 184 | 27% | 69.0% | 10.1 min | 9.2% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 100 | 15% | 71.0% | 17.2 min | 4.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 94 | 14% | 71.3% | 3.6 min | 9.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 89 | 13% | 70.8% | 11.9 min | 6.7% |
| AA American Airlines | 74 | 11% | 63.5% | 63.0 min | 4.1% |
| YX Republic Airline | 52 | 8% | 75.0% | 0.5 min | 9.6% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 48 | 7% | 68.8% | 2.4 min | 6.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 31 | 5% | 71.0% | 35.5 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 12 | 2% | 91.7% | -16.5 min | 8.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CID–ORD | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Chicago | 172 | 64.5% | 9.5 min | 8.7% |
| CID–DEN | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Denver | 85 | 84.7% | -6.1 min | 7.1% |
| CID–MSP | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Minneapolis | 78 | 70.5% | 14.5 min | 9.0% |
| CID–DFW | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Dallas/Fort Worth | 74 | 66.2% | 39.4 min | 5.4% |
| CID–PHX | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix | 61 | 70.5% | 5.3 min | 11.5% |
| CID–CLT | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Charlotte | 48 | 68.8% | 49.0 min | 2.1% |
| CID–ATL | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Atlanta | 31 | 71.0% | 35.5 min | 0.0% |
| CID–DCA | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Washington | 31 | 67.7% | 0.8 min | 9.7% |
| CID–AZA | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix | 25 | 76.0% | 5.0 min | 4.0% |
| CID–PGD | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Punta Gorda | 18 | 77.8% | -8.0 min | 0.0% |
| CID–PIE | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to St. Petersburg | 18 | 50.0% | 105.8 min | 5.6% |
| CID–SFB | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Sanford | 16 | 75.0% | 9.6 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CID on time in December 2024?
69.2% of 684 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2023, 84.6% of 602 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 69.2% and 7.0% in December 2024.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.