University of Illinois/Willard in February 2026

85.3%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 136 domestic departures from University of Illinois/Willard (CMI). 85.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.6% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so CMI departures were 7.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 108 departures with 82.4% leaving on time: a change of +2.9 points, with flights up 26%.

Flights arriving at CMI that month were on time 77.9% of the time (136 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 80%, national aviation system 10% and air carrier 8%.

On time 84.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.4%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	CMI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	85.3%	82.4%	79.7%	78.1%
Arrived on time	84.6%	79.6%	77.6%	78.3%
Cancelled	0.0%	3.7%	3.0%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	11.4 min	16.8 min	18.0 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	5	4	5	17,168
Scheduled departures	136	108	1,785	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	136	100%	84.6%	-5.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
CMI–ORD	Champaign/Urbana to Chicago	80	76.3%	8.0 min	0.0%
CMI–DFW	Champaign/Urbana to Dallas/Fort Worth	56	96.4%	-24.2 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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 category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	8.3%	38.2%	119
Late-arriving aircraft	80.4%	37.2%	1,148
National Aviation System	10.2%	18.5%	146
Extreme weather	1.1%	6.0%	15
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

1,428 delay minutes on 21 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left CMI on time in February 2026?

85.3% of 136 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.6% 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, 82.4% of 108 departures left on time and 3.7% were cancelled, against 85.3% and 0.0% 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 CMI · methodology · corrections.