The Eastern Iowa in July 2025

71.7%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 674 domestic departures from The Eastern Iowa (CID). 71.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.8% reached their destination on time; 2.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so CID departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 728 departures with 74.7% leaving on time: a change of −3.0 points, with flights down 7%.

Flights arriving at CID that month were on time 65.0% of the time (674 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 39%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 68.8%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 28.3%
Cancelled 2.1%
Diverted 0.7%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	CID, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	71.7%	74.7%	76.8%	69.7%
Arrived on time	68.8%	69.9%	74.9%	69.0%
Cancelled	2.1%	2.6%	2.7%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.8 min	26.6 min	23.5 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	23	24	23	21,048
Scheduled departures	674	728	8,397	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	235	35%	69.4%	11.3 min	3.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	131	19%	64.9%	27.6 min	0.8%
G4 Allegiant Air	103	15%	67.0%	16.8 min	1.0%
UA United Airlines	93	14%	65.6%	17.7 min	3.2%
AA American Airlines	32	5%	78.1%	22.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	31	5%	93.5%	-4.6 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	31	5%	74.2%	1.5 min	3.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	18	3%	50.0%	34.8 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CID–ORD	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Chicago	186	59.1%	27.5 min	2.7%
CID–DFW	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Dallas/Fort Worth	123	80.5%	3.1 min	2.4%
CID–DEN	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Denver	106	53.8%	28.9 min	1.9%
CID–PHX	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix	62	83.9%	4.0 min	0.0%
CID–ATL	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Atlanta	31	93.5%	-4.6 min	0.0%
CID–CLT	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Charlotte	31	77.4%	23.3 min	0.0%
CID–DCA	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Washington	31	74.2%	-7.7 min	9.7%
CID–PIE	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to St. Petersburg	19	42.1%	17.1 min	0.0%
CID–SFB	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Sanford	17	47.1%	45.6 min	5.9%
CID–PGD	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Punta Gorda	16	62.5%	29.6 min	0.0%
CID–AZA	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix	13	100.0%	-8.8 min	0.0%
CID–LAS	Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Las Vegas	12	91.7%	4.0 min	0.0%

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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	29.1%	31.1%	4,380
Late-arriving aircraft	38.6%	40.8%	5,802
National Aviation System	24.5%	20.7%	3,680
Extreme weather	7.8%	7.3%	1,174
Security	0.1%	0.1%	11

15,047 delay minutes on 191 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 July 2025?

71.7% of 674 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 74.7% of 728 departures left on time and 2.6% were cancelled, against 71.7% and 2.1% in July 2025.

Provenance

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