On-Time Report

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

Airport month · February 2026

The Eastern Iowa in February 2026

76.6%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 683 domestic departures from The Eastern Iowa (CID). 76.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.3% reached their destination on time; 0.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so CID departures were 1.5 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 652 departures with 79.6% leaving on time: a change of −3.0 points, with flights up 5%.

Flights arriving at CID that month were on time 72.2% 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 34% and national aviation system 12%.

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

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

MeasureFeb 2026Feb 2025CID, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time76.6%79.6%76.8%78.1%
Arrived on time78.3%78.2%74.9%78.3%
Cancelled0.6%0.9%2.7%2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)21.3 min20.2 min23.5 min15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day23222317,168
Scheduled departures6836528,397515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines19629%72.4%22.8 min1.0%
AA American Airlines12719%76.4%5.9 min0.8%
G4 Allegiant Air9614%79.2%13.1 min0.0%
UA United Airlines8312%86.7%7.3 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air6610%83.3%-2.4 min0.0%
OH PSA Airlines416%70.7%7.1 min2.4%
YX Republic Airline396%84.6%-3.0 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines284%92.9%-19.5 min0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines71%71.4%4.4 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CID–ORDCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Chicago22072.3%19.1 min0.9%
CID–MSPCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Minneapolis7883.3%5.4 min0.0%
CID–DFWCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Dallas/Fort Worth7075.7%6.8 min0.0%
CID–DENCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Denver6387.3%5.6 min0.0%
CID–PHXCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix5580.0%8.1 min0.0%
CID–CLTCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Charlotte4185.4%-9.2 min2.4%
CID–ATLCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Atlanta2892.9%-19.5 min0.0%
CID–DCACedar Rapids/Iowa City to Washington2864.3%13.1 min3.6%
CID–AZACedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix2176.2%14.8 min0.0%
CID–PGDCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Punta Gorda2190.5%-3.5 min0.0%
CID–PIECedar Rapids/Iowa City to St. Petersburg1566.7%-0.7 min0.0%
CID–SFBCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Sanford1573.3%8.7 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Feb 2026Minutes
Air carrier42.5%38.2%5,856
Late-arriving aircraft33.5%37.2%4,621
National Aviation System12.3%18.5%1,694
Extreme weather11.7%6.0%1,606
Security0.0%0.2%0
13,777 delay minutes on 143 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 February 2026?

76.6% of 683 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 79.6% of 652 departures left on time and 0.9% were cancelled, against 76.6% and 0.6% in February 2026.

Provenance

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