The Eastern Iowa in April 2025

84.9%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 April 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 628 domestic departures from The Eastern Iowa (CID). 84.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.5% reached their destination on time; 1.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.6% of flights departed on time and 79.5% arrived on time, so CID departures were 4.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2024, the airport had 620 departures with 85.2% leaving on time: a change of −0.3 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at CID that month were on time 78.8% of the time (628 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 38%, national aviation system 31% and late-arriving aircraft 27%.

On time 79.5%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.3%
Cancelled 1.0%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from CID in April 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

April 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Apr 2025	Apr 2024	CID, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2025
Departed on time	84.9%	85.2%	76.8%	80.6%
Arrived on time	79.5%	80.6%	74.9%	79.5%
Cancelled	1.0%	0.3%	2.7%	0.8%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.8 min	13.8 min	23.5 min	14.1 min
Scheduled departures a day	21	21	23	19,465
Scheduled departures	628	620	8,397	583,950

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	206	33%	83.0%	2.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	90	14%	85.6%	1.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	90	14%	71.1%	12.7 min	1.1%
AA American Airlines	85	14%	74.1%	14.5 min	2.4%
MQ Envoy Air	60	10%	76.7%	9.3 min	3.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	30	5%	86.7%	6.6 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	30	5%	96.7%	-8.5 min	0.0%
YX Republic Airline	26	4%	57.7%	29.0 min	3.8%
F9 Frontier Airlines	11	2%	72.7%	14.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CID–ORD	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Chicago	143	80.4%	11.1 min	1.4%
CID–MSP	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Minneapolis	88	79.5%	-0.7 min	0.0%
CID–DFW	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Dallas/Fort Worth	86	64.0%	21.7 min	4.7%
CID–DEN	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Denver	71	67.6%	15.6 min	0.0%
CID–PHX	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix	60	86.7%	-1.0 min	0.0%
CID–ATL	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Atlanta	30	86.7%	6.6 min	0.0%
CID–CLT	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Charlotte	30	90.0%	-3.3 min	0.0%
CID–DCA	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Washington	30	96.7%	-8.5 min	0.0%
CID–PGD	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Punta Gorda	29	93.1%	-15.8 min	0.0%
CID–AZA	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix	16	68.8%	32.4 min	0.0%
CID–PIE	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to St. Petersburg	13	76.9%	1.5 min	0.0%
CID–FLL	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Fort Lauderdale	8	100.0%	-19.5 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), April 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	37.6%	32.7%	3,532
Late-arriving aircraft	27.3%	39.4%	2,566
National Aviation System	30.8%	22.2%	2,892
Extreme weather	4.2%	5.5%	395
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

9,385 delay minutes on 121 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 CID on time in April 2025?

84.9% of 628 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.6% and 79.5%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2024, 85.2% of 620 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 84.9% and 1.0% in April 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for April 2025; 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.