Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National in October 2023

87.6%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 October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 764 domestic departures from Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National (ICT). 87.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.1% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so ICT departures were 3.8 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at ICT that month were on time 82.0% of the time (763 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 30% and national aviation system 18%.

On time 85.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 14.1%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from ICT in October 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2023	Year earlier	ICT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2023
Departed on time	87.6%	—	79.0%	83.8%
Arrived on time	85.1%	—	78.1%	84.0%
Cancelled	0.7%	—	2.0%	0.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.9 min	—	17.5 min	11.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	26	—	32	19,966
Scheduled departures	764	—	11,511	598,968

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	250	33%	82.0%	2.7 min	1.2%
WN Southwest Airlines	159	21%	87.4%	0.4 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	100	13%	87.0%	0.4 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	86	11%	97.7%	-5.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	63	8%	76.2%	5.6 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	59	8%	83.1%	11.2 min	3.4%
YX Republic Airline	29	4%	100.0%	-15.2 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	2%	50.0%	35.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ICT–DFW	Wichita to Dallas/Fort Worth	234	79.5%	6.1 min	2.1%
ICT–ORD	Wichita to Chicago	173	90.8%	-3.0 min	0.0%
ICT–DEN	Wichita to Denver	114	80.7%	4.8 min	0.0%
ICT–ATL	Wichita to Atlanta	86	97.7%	-5.9 min	0.0%
ICT–STL	Wichita to St. Louis	58	87.9%	-0.1 min	0.0%
ICT–IAH	Wichita to Houston	32	87.5%	1.1 min	0.0%
ICT–MSP	Wichita to Minneapolis	31	87.1%	0.2 min	0.0%
ICT–LAS	Wichita to Las Vegas	18	66.7%	28.8 min	0.0%
ICT–AZA	Wichita to Phoenix	9	55.6%	9.1 min	0.0%
ICT–PHX	Wichita to Phoenix	9	88.9%	-14.0 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), October 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	29.6%	41.3%	2,181
Late-arriving aircraft	45.5%	40.5%	3,356
National Aviation System	18.2%	14.4%	1,342
Extreme weather	6.6%	3.7%	486
Security	0.1%	0.2%	9

7,374 delay minutes on 108 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 ICT on time in October 2023?

87.6% of 764 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for ICT · methodology · corrections.