Quad Cities International in May 2024

72.8%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 May 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 372 domestic departures from Quad Cities International (MLI). 72.8% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.7% reached their destination on time; 1.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 73.4% of flights departed on time and 72.3% arrived on time, so MLI departures were 0.6 points below the national departure figure.

Flights arriving at MLI that month were on time 67.8% of the time (373 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 34%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 70.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 27.2%
Cancelled 1.9%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from MLI in May 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	May 2024	Year earlier	MLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2024
Departed on time	72.8%	—	77.9%	73.4%
Arrived on time	70.7%	—	74.2%	72.3%
Cancelled	1.9%	—	3.6%	1.4%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	33.6 min	—	21.9 min	20.8 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	—	12	20,325
Scheduled departures	372	—	4,301	609,743

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	141	38%	68.1%	40.6 min	2.1%
9E Endeavor Air	62	17%	71.0%	12.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	62	17%	62.9%	27.7 min	6.5%
OH PSA Airlines	62	17%	77.4%	7.8 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	45	12%	80.0%	28.3 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLI–ORD	Moline to Chicago	110	66.4%	47.3 min	2.7%
MLI–ATL	Moline to Atlanta	62	71.0%	12.2 min	0.0%
MLI–CLT	Moline to Charlotte	62	77.4%	7.8 min	0.0%
MLI–DFW	Moline to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	62.9%	27.7 min	6.5%
MLI–DEN	Moline to Denver	31	74.2%	17.3 min	0.0%
MLI–AZA	Moline to Phoenix	9	100.0%	-11.9 min	0.0%
MLI–LAS	Moline to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	-10.2 min	0.0%
MLI–PGD	Moline to Punta Gorda	9	66.7%	142.0 min	0.0%
MLI–PIE	Moline to St. Petersburg	9	55.6%	24.6 min	0.0%
MLI–SFB	Moline to Sanford	9	88.9%	-3.1 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), May 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	33.9%	29.8%	4,210
Late-arriving aircraft	31.7%	43.0%	3,931
National Aviation System	22.0%	20.1%	2,734
Extreme weather	12.4%	7.0%	1,534
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

12,409 delay minutes on 101 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 May 2024?

72.8% of 372 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 73.4% and 72.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

May 2023 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 May 2024; 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.