On-Time Report

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Airport month · December 2024

Quad Cities International in December 2024

80.9%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 December 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 356 domestic departures from Quad Cities International (MLI). 80.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.7% reached their destination on time; 0.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.8% of flights departed on time and 78.1% arrived on time, so MLI departures were 3.1 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2023, the airport had 301 departures with 87.7% leaving on time: a change of −6.8 points, with flights up 18%.

Flights arriving at MLI that month were on time 80.3% of the time (356 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 35%, extreme weather 31% and air carrier 19%.

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

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

MeasureDec 2024Dec 2023MLI, 12 months to Jul 2026All reported flights, Dec 2024
Departed on time80.9%87.7%77.9%77.8%
Arrived on time78.7%86.0%74.2%78.1%
Cancelled0.8%1.0%3.6%0.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)29.2 min10.9 min21.9 min16.6 min
Scheduled departures a day12101219,686
Scheduled departures3563014,301590,581

Airlines that month

Reporting carrierFlightsShareOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines11031%73.6%15.6 min0.0%
MQ Envoy Air7521%81.3%10.3 min1.3%
9E Endeavor Air6017%76.7%1.8 min1.7%
OH PSA Airlines5917%86.4%31.3 min1.7%
G4 Allegiant Air5215%78.8%18.5 min0.0%

Busiest routes that month

RouteCitiesFlightsOn timeAvg arrival delayCancelled
MLI–ORDMoline to Chicago8668.6%20.4 min0.0%
MLI–DFWMoline to Dallas/Fort Worth6583.1%3.9 min1.5%
MLI–ATLMoline to Atlanta6277.4%1.5 min1.6%
MLI–CLTMoline to Charlotte5986.4%31.3 min1.7%
MLI–DENMoline to Denver3284.4%15.0 min0.0%
MLI–PGDMoline to Punta Gorda1384.6%19.8 min0.0%
MLI–AZAMoline to Phoenix1181.8%-8.6 min0.0%
MLI–SFBMoline to Sanford1060.0%13.1 min0.0%
MLI–LASMoline to Las Vegas988.9%-13.9 min0.0%
MLI–PIEMoline to St. Petersburg977.8%87.3 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), December 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause categoryShare of delay minutesNational, Dec 2024Minutes
Air carrier19.2%34.3%1,809
Late-arriving aircraft34.8%40.2%3,286
National Aviation System15.4%17.8%1,457
Extreme weather30.5%7.5%2,881
Security0.0%0.2%0
9,433 delay minutes on 68 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 MLI on time in December 2024?

80.9% of 356 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.8% and 78.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2023, 87.7% of 301 departures left on time and 1.0% were cancelled, against 80.9% and 0.8% in December 2024.

Provenance

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