Quad Cities International in August 2023

80.4%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 August 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 265 domestic departures from Quad Cities International (MLI). 80.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.1% reached their destination on time; 1.1% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 76.7% of flights departed on time and 76.9% arrived on time, so MLI departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MLI that month were on time 75.8% of the time (265 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 50%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and extreme weather 9%.

On time 81.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.4%
Cancelled 1.1%
Diverted 0.4%

Every scheduled departure from MLI in August 2023, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Aug 2023	Year earlier	MLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2023
Departed on time	80.4%	—	77.9%	76.7%
Arrived on time	81.1%	—	74.2%	76.9%
Cancelled	1.1%	—	3.6%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	17.0 min	—	21.9 min	17.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	—	12	20,100
Scheduled departures	265	—	4,301	602,987

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	120	45%	80.0%	11.8 min	0.8%
9E Endeavor Air	62	23%	77.4%	6.8 min	3.2%
MQ Envoy Air	62	23%	85.5%	-5.5 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	21	8%	85.7%	-3.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLI–ORD	Moline to Chicago	89	77.5%	16.9 min	1.1%
MLI–ATL	Moline to Atlanta	62	77.4%	6.8 min	3.2%
MLI–DFW	Moline to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	85.5%	-5.5 min	0.0%
MLI–DEN	Moline to Denver	31	87.1%	-2.5 min	0.0%
MLI–LAS	Moline to Las Vegas	9	77.8%	3.0 min	0.0%
MLI–PGD	Moline to Punta Gorda	4	100.0%	-7.2 min	0.0%
MLI–PIE	Moline to St. Petersburg	4	75.0%	-3.5 min	0.0%
MLI–SFB	Moline to Sanford	4	100.0%	-13.2 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), August 2023.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2023	Minutes
Air carrier	49.8%	36.7%	2,027
Late-arriving aircraft	36.1%	42.2%	1,471
National Aviation System	5.2%	15.7%	211
Extreme weather	8.9%	5.1%	362
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

4,071 delay minutes on 46 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 MLI on time in August 2023?

80.4% of 265 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 76.7% and 76.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

August 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 August 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MLI · methodology · corrections.