Airports › Cedar Rapids/Iowa City (CID) › December 2025
Airport month · December 2025
The Eastern Iowa in December 2025
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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 642 domestic departures from The Eastern Iowa (CID). 65.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 62.9% reached their destination on time; 5.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so CID departures were 6.3 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 684 departures with 69.2% leaving on time: a change of −3.5 points, with flights down 6%.
Flights arriving at CID that month were on time 61.2% of the time (642 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 32%, extreme weather 30% and air carrier 25%.
- On time 62.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 31.3%
- Cancelled 5.6%
- Diverted 0.2%
December 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | CID, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 65.7% | 69.2% | 76.8% | 72.0% |
| Arrived on time | 62.9% | 70.2% | 74.9% | 71.9% |
| Cancelled | 5.6% | 7.0% | 2.7% | 1.5% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 42.8 min | 26.8 min | 23.5 min | 21.2 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 21 | 23 | 23 | 19,410 |
| Scheduled departures | 642 | 684 | 8,397 | 582,304 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MQ Envoy Air | 124 | 19% | 71.8% | 6.7 min | 8.1% |
| AA American Airlines | 101 | 16% | 70.3% | 57.6 min | 2.0% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 100 | 16% | 50.0% | 63.6 min | 8.0% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 98 | 15% | 68.4% | 16.3 min | 3.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 93 | 14% | 61.3% | 54.0 min | 3.2% |
| YX Republic Airline | 58 | 9% | 51.7% | 31.2 min | 8.6% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 31 | 5% | 64.5% | 35.0 min | 6.5% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 25 | 4% | 48.0% | 29.9 min | 8.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 12 | 2% | 66.7% | 12.2 min | 8.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CID–ORD | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Chicago | 181 | 53.6% | 42.6 min | 8.8% |
| CID–DFW | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Dallas/Fort Worth | 90 | 67.8% | 64.0 min | 3.3% |
| CID–PHX | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix | 82 | 70.7% | 29.7 min | 7.3% |
| CID–DEN | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Denver | 75 | 64.0% | 43.3 min | 2.7% |
| CID–CLT | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Charlotte | 33 | 75.8% | 11.7 min | 3.0% |
| CID–ATL | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Atlanta | 31 | 64.5% | 35.0 min | 6.5% |
| CID–DCA | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Washington | 31 | 54.8% | 16.7 min | 6.5% |
| CID–AZA | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix | 24 | 66.7% | 47.2 min | 4.2% |
| CID–PGD | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Punta Gorda | 18 | 83.3% | -12.3 min | 0.0% |
| CID–SFB | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Sanford | 18 | 72.2% | 21.4 min | 0.0% |
| CID–MSP | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Minneapolis | 17 | 47.1% | 49.5 min | 0.0% |
| CID–PIE | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to St. Petersburg | 17 | 70.6% | 6.9 min | 5.9% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CID on time in December 2025?
65.7% of 642 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 62.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In December 2024, 69.2% of 684 departures left on time and 7.0% were cancelled, against 65.7% and 5.6% in December 2025.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 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.