Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National in October 2024

88.2%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 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 883 domestic departures from Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National (ICT). 88.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so ICT departures were 2.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 764 departures with 87.6% leaving on time: a change of +0.6 points, with flights up 16%.

Flights arriving at ICT that month were on time 85.9% of the time (886 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 42%, late-arriving aircraft 38% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 87.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 12.9%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from ICT in October 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

October 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	ICT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	88.2%	87.6%	79.0%	85.5%
Arrived on time	87.0%	85.1%	78.1%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.7%	2.0%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.0 min	9.9 min	17.5 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	29	26	32	20,517
Scheduled departures	883	764	11,511	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	291	33%	84.5%	2.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	192	22%	87.0%	-5.0 min	0.0%
WN Southwest Airlines	150	17%	96.0%	-12.9 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	87	10%	94.3%	-11.8 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	62	7%	85.5%	2.6 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	57	6%	68.4%	20.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	26	3%	80.8%	5.0 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	18	2%	88.9%	0.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
ICT–DFW	Wichita to Dallas/Fort Worth	231	81.4%	3.6 min	0.0%
ICT–DEN	Wichita to Denver	161	84.5%	0.6 min	0.0%
ICT–ORD	Wichita to Chicago	140	86.4%	-1.6 min	0.0%
ICT–ATL	Wichita to Atlanta	87	94.3%	-11.8 min	0.0%
ICT–PHX	Wichita to Phoenix	60	96.7%	-7.4 min	0.0%
ICT–STL	Wichita to St. Louis	57	98.2%	-12.9 min	0.0%
ICT–IAH	Wichita to Houston	45	80.0%	5.0 min	0.0%
ICT–LAS	Wichita to Las Vegas	36	91.7%	-12.0 min	0.0%
ICT–MSP	Wichita to Minneapolis	31	96.8%	-10.5 min	0.0%
ICT–DCA	Wichita to Washington	26	80.8%	5.0 min	0.0%
ICT–AZA	Wichita to Phoenix	9	77.8%	13.8 min	0.0%

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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	41.8%	42.7%	3,126
Late-arriving aircraft	38.3%	37.4%	2,869
National Aviation System	11.8%	16.3%	886
Extreme weather	8.1%	3.4%	603
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

7,484 delay minutes on 114 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 2024?

88.2% of 883 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 87.6% of 764 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 88.2% and 0.0% in October 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2024; 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.