On-Time Report

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

Airport month · April 2026

The Eastern Iowa in April 2026

76.3%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 761 domestic departures from The Eastern Iowa (CID). 76.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 72.9% reached their destination on time; 3.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so CID departures were 2.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 628 departures with 84.9% leaving on time: a change of −8.6 points, with flights up 21%.

Flights arriving at CID that month were on time 69.9% of the time (762 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 55%, late-arriving aircraft 20% and national aviation system 16%.

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

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

MeasureApr 2026Apr 2025CID, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time76.3%84.9%76.8%79.1%
Arrived on time72.9%79.5%74.9%78.9%
Cancelled3.0%1.0%2.7%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)24.5 min13.8 min23.5 min14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day25212319,931
Scheduled departures7616288,397597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines28638%69.6%23.9 min3.5%
AA American Airlines13017%73.1%16.2 min3.1%
UA United Airlines9012%75.6%8.0 min1.1%
YX Republic Airline8011%73.8%4.2 min6.3%
MQ Envoy Air679%79.1%21.1 min1.5%
G4 Allegiant Air527%65.4%16.9 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines304%83.3%-3.8 min3.3%
OH PSA Airlines162%81.3%-4.3 min6.3%
F9 Frontier Airlines101%90.0%-13.5 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
CID–ORDCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Chicago30163.8%22.9 min6.6%
CID–MSPCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Minneapolis8877.3%16.3 min0.0%
CID–DFWCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Dallas/Fort Worth8673.3%1.8 min1.2%
CID–DENCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Denver7784.4%3.1 min0.0%
CID–PHXCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix6081.7%16.8 min0.0%
CID–CLTCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Charlotte3683.3%52.6 min0.0%
CID–ATLCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Atlanta3083.3%-3.8 min3.3%
CID–DCACedar Rapids/Iowa City to Washington3093.3%-9.5 min3.3%
CID–PGDCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Punta Gorda1090.0%-6.9 min0.0%
CID–AZACedar Rapids/Iowa City to Phoenix944.4%32.9 min0.0%
CID–PIECedar Rapids/Iowa City to St. Petersburg988.9%-2.7 min0.0%
CID–FLLCedar Rapids/Iowa City to Fort Lauderdale80.0%84.6 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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Apr 2026Minutes
Air carrier54.9%33.5%9,996
Late-arriving aircraft20.2%40.4%3,677
National Aviation System15.6%21.0%2,838
Extreme weather8.6%5.0%1,563
Security0.8%0.1%141
18,215 delay minutes on 183 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 April 2026?

76.3% of 761 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 72.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 84.9% of 628 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 76.3% and 3.0% in April 2026.

Provenance

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