Airports › Cedar Rapids/Iowa City (CID) › March 2026
Airport month · March 2026
The Eastern Iowa in March 2026
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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 801 domestic departures from The Eastern Iowa (CID). 69.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.5% reached their destination on time; 5.6% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so CID departures were 3.0 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 717 departures with 80.1% leaving on time: a change of −10.3 points, with flights up 12%.
Flights arriving at CID that month were on time 65.2% of the time (802 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 24% and extreme weather 15%.
- On time 68.5%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.5%
- Cancelled 5.6%
- Diverted 0.4%
March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2026 | Mar 2025 | CID, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 69.8% | 80.1% | 76.8% | 72.8% |
| Arrived on time | 68.5% | 78.8% | 74.9% | 73.2% |
| Cancelled | 5.6% | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 38.3 min | 18.4 min | 23.5 min | 20.3 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 27 | 24 | 23 | 20,403 |
| Scheduled departures | 801 | 717 | 8,397 | 612,102 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 265 | 33% | 70.6% | 23.9 min | 7.2% |
| AA American Airlines | 170 | 21% | 67.1% | 51.9 min | 2.9% |
| G4 Allegiant Air | 116 | 14% | 67.2% | 27.3 min | 4.3% |
| UA United Airlines | 93 | 12% | 75.3% | 12.8 min | 3.2% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 55 | 7% | 63.6% | 27.4 min | 10.9% |
| YX Republic Airline | 43 | 5% | 41.9% | 45.6 min | 9.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 33 | 4% | 84.8% | -8.7 min | 6.1% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 18 | 2% | 77.8% | 0.3 min | 5.6% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 8 | 1% | 62.5% | 30.5 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CID–ORD | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Chicago | 245 | 62.4% | 33.2 min | 8.2% |
| CID–MSP | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Minneapolis | 89 | 80.9% | -4.4 min | 5.6% |
| CID–DFW | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Dallas/Fort Worth | 85 | 58.8% | 94.3 min | 1.2% |
| CID–DEN | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Denver | 80 | 75.0% | 8.6 min | 3.8% |
| CID–PHX | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix | 62 | 79.0% | 25.2 min | 1.6% |
| CID–CLT | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Charlotte | 56 | 75.0% | 26.4 min | 5.4% |
| CID–ATL | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Atlanta | 33 | 84.8% | -8.7 min | 6.1% |
| CID–AZA | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix | 31 | 77.4% | -3.6 min | 3.2% |
| CID–DCA | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Washington | 31 | 51.6% | 7.2 min | 12.9% |
| CID–PGD | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Punta Gorda | 26 | 57.7% | 86.3 min | 3.8% |
| CID–SFB | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to Sanford | 16 | 75.0% | 5.2 min | 0.0% |
| CID–PIE | Cedar Rapids/Iowa City to St. Petersburg | 14 | 57.1% | 28.7 min | 14.3% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left CID on time in March 2026?
69.8% of 801 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.5% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In March 2025, 80.1% of 717 departures left on time and 2.8% were cancelled, against 69.8% and 5.6% in March 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 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.