Quad Cities International in September 2024

86.4%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 September 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 339 domestic departures from Quad Cities International (MLI). 86.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 85.0% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 84.4% of flights departed on time and 83.9% arrived on time, so MLI departures were 2.0 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in September 2023, the airport had 196 departures with 86.7% leaving on time: a change of −0.3 points, with flights up 73%.

Flights arriving at MLI that month were on time 79.1% of the time (339 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 41%, late-arriving aircraft 36% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 85.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.0%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Sep 2024	Sep 2023	MLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Sep 2024
Departed on time	86.4%	86.7%	77.9%	84.4%
Arrived on time	85.0%	82.1%	74.2%	83.9%
Cancelled	0.0%	0.0%	3.6%	0.6%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.9 min	10.4 min	21.9 min	10.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	11	7	12	19,421
Scheduled departures	339	196	4,301	582,622

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	150	44%	82.7%	7.4 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	60	18%	93.3%	-3.8 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	60	18%	85.0%	-6.8 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	60	18%	85.0%	0.9 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	9	3%	66.7%	1.4 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLI–ORD	Moline to Chicago	120	80.0%	10.4 min	0.0%
MLI–ATL	Moline to Atlanta	60	93.3%	-3.8 min	0.0%
MLI–CLT	Moline to Charlotte	60	85.0%	0.9 min	0.0%
MLI–DFW	Moline to Dallas/Fort Worth	60	85.0%	-6.8 min	0.0%
MLI–DEN	Moline to Denver	30	93.3%	-4.8 min	0.0%
MLI–LAS	Moline to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	1.4 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), September 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Sep 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	41.2%	38.6%	1,484
Late-arriving aircraft	36.3%	38.4%	1,308
National Aviation System	14.8%	18.2%	535
Extreme weather	7.7%	4.8%	277
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

3,604 delay minutes on 51 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 September 2024?

86.4% of 339 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 85.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 84.4% and 83.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In September 2023, 86.7% of 196 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 86.4% and 0.0% in September 2024.

Provenance

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