On-Time Report

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Airport month · May 2026

Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National in May 2026

77.3%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 1,007 domestic departures from Wichita Dwight D Eisenhower National (ICT). 77.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 76.8% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so ICT departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 910 departures with 74.4% leaving on time: a change of +2.9 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at ICT that month were on time 73.8% of the time (1,008 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 34%, air carrier 29% and national aviation system 25%.

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

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

MeasureMay 2026May 2025ICT, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time77.3%74.4%79.0%77.1%
Arrived on time76.8%72.9%78.1%77.6%
Cancelled1.3%2.0%2.0%0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)17.1 min20.6 min17.5 min16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day34303220,391
Scheduled departures1,00791011,511611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines34334%80.8%4.9 min0.6%
MQ Envoy Air22122%70.1%12.6 min2.3%
WN Southwest Airlines16316%79.8%1.9 min0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines909%84.4%-8.3 min2.2%
OH PSA Airlines545%85.2%1.2 min0.0%
AA American Airlines535%67.9%25.4 min5.7%
G4 Allegiant Air424%71.4%21.6 min0.0%
UA United Airlines414%56.1%15.4 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
ICT–DENWichita to Denver21076.2%4.5 min0.0%
ICT–DFWWichita to Dallas/Fort Worth20967.5%20.2 min3.3%
ICT–ORDWichita to Chicago18775.9%4.2 min1.6%
ICT–ATLWichita to Atlanta9084.4%-8.3 min2.2%
ICT–PHXWichita to Phoenix7779.2%2.9 min1.3%
ICT–MSPWichita to Minneapolis5989.8%5.3 min0.0%
ICT–MDWWichita to Chicago5789.5%-0.3 min0.0%
ICT–LASWichita to Las Vegas4072.5%9.2 min0.0%
ICT–DCAWichita to Washington3183.9%1.9 min0.0%
ICT–IAHWichita to Houston1275.0%23.7 min0.0%
ICT–VPSWichita to Valparaiso1163.6%7.0 min0.0%
ICT–SFBWichita to Sanford1090.0%-2.3 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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, May 2026Minutes
Air carrier28.8%33.0%4,564
Late-arriving aircraft34.1%40.4%5,407
National Aviation System24.8%20.5%3,943
Extreme weather12.3%6.0%1,960
Security0.0%0.1%0
15,874 delay minutes on 218 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 May 2026?

77.3% of 1,007 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 76.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 74.4% of 910 departures left on time and 2.0% were cancelled, against 77.3% and 1.3% in May 2026.

Provenance

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