Quad Cities International in February 2026

76.4%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 February 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 275 domestic departures from Quad Cities International (MLI). 76.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.3% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so MLI departures were 1.7 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2025, the airport had 272 departures with 79.4% leaving on time: a change of −3.0 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at MLI that month were on time 69.5% of the time (275 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 56%, late-arriving aircraft 35% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 71.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.9%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.4%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2026	Feb 2025	MLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2026
Departed on time	76.4%	79.4%	77.9%	78.1%
Arrived on time	71.3%	70.2%	74.2%	78.3%
Cancelled	1.5%	1.5%	3.6%	2.3%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	31.8 min	21.4 min	21.9 min	15.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	9	9	12	17,168
Scheduled departures	275	272	4,301	515,037

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	143	52%	65.7%	29.3 min	0.7%
OH PSA Airlines	55	20%	78.2%	39.8 min	5.5%
MQ Envoy Air	39	14%	74.4%	-10.3 min	0.0%
G4 Allegiant Air	38	14%	78.9%	-6.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLI–ORD	Moline to Chicago	136	61.0%	31.7 min	0.7%
MLI–DFW	Moline to Dallas/Fort Worth	61	82.0%	30.6 min	1.6%
MLI–DEN	Moline to Denver	28	85.7%	-0.7 min	0.0%
MLI–CLT	Moline to Charlotte	12	75.0%	-27.4 min	16.7%
MLI–SFB	Moline to Sanford	9	77.8%	-5.7 min	0.0%
MLI–LAS	Moline to Las Vegas	8	87.5%	-13.9 min	0.0%
MLI–PGD	Moline to Punta Gorda	8	75.0%	-5.4 min	0.0%
MLI–AZA	Moline to Phoenix	7	57.1%	6.4 min	0.0%
MLI–PIE	Moline to St. Petersburg	6	100.0%	-17.2 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), February 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	56.3%	38.2%	4,731
Late-arriving aircraft	35.0%	37.2%	2,939
National Aviation System	8.7%	18.5%	729
Extreme weather	0.1%	6.0%	7
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

8,406 delay minutes on 74 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 February 2026?

76.4% of 275 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 78.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2025, 79.4% of 272 departures left on time and 1.5% were cancelled, against 76.4% and 1.5% in February 2026.

Provenance

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