Quad Cities International in October 2024

91.9%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 408 domestic departures from Quad Cities International (MLI). 91.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 90.0% reached their destination on time; 0.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so MLI departures were 6.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 260 departures with 90.8% leaving on time: a change of +1.1 points, with flights up 57%.

Flights arriving at MLI that month were on time 86.3% of the time (408 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 62%, late-arriving aircraft 27% and national aviation system 12%.

On time 90.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 9.6%
Cancelled 0.5%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	MLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	91.9%	90.8%	77.9%	85.5%
Arrived on time	90.0%	88.8%	74.2%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.5%	0.0%	3.6%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	5.6 min	8.5 min	21.9 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	9	12	20,517
Scheduled departures	408	260	4,301	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	179	44%	84.9%	-1.1 min	0.0%
9E Endeavor Air	62	15%	98.4%	-11.2 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	62	15%	96.8%	-19.9 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	61	15%	91.8%	-5.6 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	44	11%	86.4%	-6.6 min	4.5%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLI–ORD	Moline to Chicago	123	81.3%	3.1 min	0.0%
MLI–DFW	Moline to Dallas/Fort Worth	87	95.4%	-18.7 min	0.0%
MLI–ATL	Moline to Atlanta	62	98.4%	-11.2 min	0.0%
MLI–CLT	Moline to Charlotte	61	91.8%	-5.6 min	0.0%
MLI–DEN	Moline to Denver	31	93.5%	-6.1 min	0.0%
MLI–AZA	Moline to Phoenix	9	77.8%	-7.0 min	0.0%
MLI–LAS	Moline to Las Vegas	9	88.9%	-2.6 min	0.0%
MLI–PIE	Moline to St. Petersburg	9	88.9%	-10.2 min	11.1%
MLI–SFB	Moline to Sanford	9	88.9%	-14.0 min	11.1%
MLI–PGD	Moline to Punta Gorda	8	87.5%	0.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

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On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	61.5%	42.7%	1,328
Late-arriving aircraft	26.9%	37.4%	580
National Aviation System	11.7%	16.3%	252
Extreme weather	0.0%	3.4%	0
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

2,160 delay minutes on 39 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 October 2024?

91.9% of 408 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 90.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 90.8% of 260 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 91.9% and 0.5% in October 2024.

Provenance

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