Quad Cities International in January 2026

74.7%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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 304 domestic departures from Quad Cities International (MLI). 74.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.4% reached their destination on time; 4.9% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so MLI departures were 0.9 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 263 departures with 81.7% leaving on time: a change of −7.0 points, with flights up 16%.

Flights arriving at MLI that month were on time 70.4% of the time (304 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 40%, late-arriving aircraft 28% and national aviation system 20%.

On time 73.4%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 21.4%
Cancelled 4.9%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from MLI in January 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2026	Jan 2025	MLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2026
Departed on time	74.7%	81.7%	77.9%	75.6%
Arrived on time	73.4%	80.6%	74.2%	75.3%
Cancelled	4.9%	2.7%	3.6%	4.7%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	19.7 min	22.5 min	21.9 min	16.7 min
Scheduled departures a day	10	9	12	18,133
Scheduled departures	304	263	4,301	544,003

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	104	34%	70.2%	7.9 min	3.8%
OO SkyWest Airlines	90	30%	71.1%	19.8 min	2.2%
OH PSA Airlines	67	22%	74.6%	-5.4 min	13.4%
G4 Allegiant Air	43	14%	83.7%	-3.7 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLI–ORD	Moline to Chicago	125	64.0%	23.9 min	3.2%
MLI–DFW	Moline to Dallas/Fort Worth	80	76.3%	-0.4 min	7.5%
MLI–DEN	Moline to Denver	31	93.5%	-13.3 min	0.0%
MLI–CLT	Moline to Charlotte	25	68.0%	-13.0 min	20.0%
MLI–PGD	Moline to Punta Gorda	10	90.0%	-12.0 min	0.0%
MLI–SFB	Moline to Sanford	10	70.0%	22.4 min	0.0%
MLI–AZA	Moline to Phoenix	9	77.8%	-12.1 min	0.0%
MLI–LAS	Moline to Las Vegas	8	87.5%	-5.2 min	0.0%
MLI–PIE	Moline to St. Petersburg	6	100.0%	-18.8 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), January 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	39.8%	37.3%	2,258
Late-arriving aircraft	28.3%	35.0%	1,608
National Aviation System	19.6%	18.0%	1,113
Extreme weather	12.3%	9.6%	697
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

5,676 delay minutes on 65 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 2026?

74.7% of 304 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.4% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2025, 81.7% of 263 departures left on time and 2.7% were cancelled, against 74.7% and 4.9% in January 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.