On-Time Report

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Airport month · January 2026

Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National in January 2026

81.8%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 January 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 863 domestic departures from Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National (ICT). 81.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.0% reached their destination on time; 4.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so ICT departures were 6.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 801 departures with 75.0% leaving on time: a change of +6.8 points, with flights up 8%.

Flights arriving at ICT that month were on time 77.8% of the time (864 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 26%.

Every scheduled departure from ICT in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

MeasureJan 2026Jan 2025ICT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time81.8%75.0%79.0%75.6%
Arrived on time80.0%72.3%78.1%75.3%
Cancelled4.1%6.9%2.0%4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)10.5 min26.6 min17.5 min16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day29273218,133
Scheduled departures86380111,511544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines26330%78.7%-1.1 min2.3%
MQ Envoy Air21525%78.1%2.7 min4.7%
WN Southwest Airlines13315%90.2%-10.8 min4.5%
UA United Airlines8810%76.1%3.4 min0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines8510%84.7%-12.4 min4.7%
OH PSA Airlines314%67.7%-0.3 min16.1%
G4 Allegiant Air253%80.0%39.5 min0.0%
AA American Airlines233%65.2%11.0 min17.4%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ICT–DFWWichita to Dallas/Fort Worth18982.0%-1.8 min7.4%
ICT–DENWichita to Denver15476.0%1.5 min2.6%
ICT–ORDWichita to Chicago14670.5%8.4 min1.4%
ICT–ATLWichita to Atlanta8584.7%-12.4 min4.7%
ICT–IAHWichita to Houston7785.7%-3.5 min2.6%
ICT–PHXWichita to Phoenix7187.3%-8.4 min1.4%
ICT–STLWichita to St. Louis5889.7%-10.4 min3.4%
ICT–LASWichita to Las Vegas3982.1%-2.8 min2.6%
ICT–DCAWichita to Washington2263.6%0.1 min18.2%
ICT–AZAWichita to Phoenix9100.0%-11.7 min0.0%
ICT–SFBWichita to Sanford887.5%99.0 min0.0%
ICT–MIAWichita to Miami520.0%27.0 min20.0%

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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Jan 2026Minutes
Air carrier45.2%37.3%3,950
Late-arriving aircraft27.3%35.0%2,381
National Aviation System26.0%18.0%2,275
Extreme weather1.5%9.6%131
Security0.0%0.1%0
8,737 delay minutes on 137 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 ICT on time in January 2026?

81.8% of 863 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 75.0% of 801 departures left on time and 6.9% were cancelled, against 81.8% and 4.1% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.