On-Time Report

Airports › Cedar Rapids/Iowa City (CID) › January 2026

Airport month · January 2026

The Eastern Iowa in January 2026

74.4%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 684 domestic departures from The Eastern Iowa (CID). 74.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.1% reached their destination on time; 3.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so CID departures were 1.2 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 703 departures with 80.8% leaving on time: a change of −6.4 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at CID that month were on time 70.2% of the time (684 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 43%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 12%.

Every scheduled departure from CID in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

MeasureJan 2026Jan 2025CID, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time74.4%80.8%76.8%75.6%
Arrived on time72.1%78.7%74.9%75.3%
Cancelled3.9%1.8%2.7%4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)25.1 min18.9 min23.5 min16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day23232318,133
Scheduled departures6847038,397544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines15823%58.2%31.9 min3.2%
MQ Envoy Air11317%75.2%1.8 min1.8%
AA American Airlines10615%77.4%12.5 min11.3%
G4 Allegiant Air9514%78.9%1.1 min0.0%
UA United Airlines9314%77.4%9.7 min1.1%
YX Republic Airline538%79.2%3.9 min1.9%
DL Delta Air Lines315%80.6%0.8 min3.2%
OH PSA Airlines284%50.0%85.3 min17.9%
F9 Frontier Airlines71%85.7%-12.9 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CID–ORDCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Chicago22665.5%19.9 min2.7%
CID–DFWCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Dallas/Fort Worth8073.8%19.5 min11.3%
CID–PHXCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix7975.9%4.0 min0.0%
CID–DENCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Denver6982.6%4.4 min0.0%
CID–MSPCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Minneapolis3762.2%28.4 min5.4%
CID–ATLCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Atlanta3180.6%0.8 min3.2%
CID–CLTCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Charlotte3183.9%-7.9 min12.9%
CID–DCACedar Rapids/Iowa City to Washington3154.8%74.0 min16.1%
CID–AZACedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix2075.0%-5.1 min0.0%
CID–PGDCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Punta Gorda1872.2%5.3 min0.0%
CID–PIECedar Rapids/Iowa City to St. Petersburg1782.4%12.0 min0.0%
CID–SFBCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Sanford1478.6%14.6 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2026Minutes
Air carrier42.9%37.3%6,854
Late-arriving aircraft33.3%35.0%5,312
National Aviation System12.1%18.0%1,924
Extreme weather11.6%9.6%1,844
Security0.2%0.1%25
15,959 delay minutes on 163 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 January 2026?

74.4% of 684 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 80.8% of 703 departures left on time and 1.8% were cancelled, against 74.4% and 3.9% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.