Quad Cities International in January 2025

81.7%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 263 domestic departures from Quad Cities International (MLI). 81.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.6% reached their destination on time; 2.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so MLI departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 346 departures with 62.1% leaving on time: a change of +19.6 points, with flights down 24%.

Flights arriving at MLI that month were on time 79.5% of the time (263 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 46%, air carrier 33% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 80.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 16.7%
Cancelled 2.7%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MLI in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	MLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	81.7%	62.1%	77.9%	79.3%
Arrived on time	80.6%	57.8%	74.2%	78.6%
Cancelled	2.7%	13.3%	3.6%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.5 min	36.0 min	21.9 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	12	12	17,992
Scheduled departures	263	346	4,301	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	92	35%	81.5%	7.6 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	68	26%	79.4%	19.8 min	2.9%
OH PSA Airlines	61	23%	78.7%	5.0 min	8.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	42	16%	83.3%	14.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLI–ORD	Moline to Chicago	67	79.1%	19.3 min	0.0%
MLI–DFW	Moline to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	82.3%	4.5 min	3.2%
MLI–CLT	Moline to Charlotte	61	78.7%	5.0 min	8.2%
MLI–DEN	Moline to Denver	31	80.6%	14.3 min	0.0%
MLI–PGD	Moline to Punta Gorda	12	75.0%	3.3 min	0.0%
MLI–SFB	Moline to Sanford	9	88.9%	-8.9 min	0.0%
MLI–AZA	Moline to Phoenix	8	87.5%	-6.6 min	0.0%
MLI–LAS	Moline to Las Vegas	8	75.0%	98.9 min	0.0%
MLI–PIE	Moline to St. Petersburg	5	100.0%	-22.2 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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	32.7%	36.2%	1,871
Late-arriving aircraft	46.1%	34.7%	2,636
National Aviation System	16.2%	19.9%	924
Extreme weather	5.0%	9.1%	288
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,719 delay minutes on 44 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 January 2025?

81.7% of 263 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 62.1% of 346 departures left on time and 13.3% were cancelled, against 81.7% and 2.7% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.