Quad Cities International in March 2026

69.0%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 345 domestic departures from Quad Cities International (MLI). 69.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.1% reached their destination on time; 7.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so MLI departures were 3.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 373 departures with 76.9% leaving on time: a change of −7.9 points, with flights down 8%.

Flights arriving at MLI that month were on time 62.9% of the time (345 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, national aviation system 29% and late-arriving aircraft 25%.

On time 66.1%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.1%
Cancelled 7.0%
Diverted 0.9%

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

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

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	MLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	69.0%	76.9%	77.9%	72.8%
Arrived on time	66.1%	76.4%	74.2%	73.2%
Cancelled	7.0%	1.6%	3.6%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	29.8 min	18.7 min	21.9 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	12	12	12	20,403
Scheduled departures	345	373	4,301	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	217	63%	63.6%	28.8 min	9.2%
OH PSA Airlines	62	18%	75.8%	3.5 min	3.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	56	16%	66.1%	3.7 min	3.6%
YX Republic Airline	10	3%	60.0%	58.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLI–ORD	Moline to Chicago	196	60.2%	36.6 min	10.2%
MLI–DFW	Moline to Dallas/Fort Worth	62	75.8%	3.5 min	3.2%
MLI–DEN	Moline to Denver	31	83.9%	-5.5 min	0.0%
MLI–AZA	Moline to Phoenix	12	66.7%	4.8 min	0.0%
MLI–PGD	Moline to Punta Gorda	12	50.0%	8.8 min	8.3%
MLI–LAS	Moline to Las Vegas	9	77.8%	-8.8 min	0.0%
MLI–PIE	Moline to St. Petersburg	9	77.8%	5.6 min	0.0%
MLI–SFB	Moline to Sanford	8	50.0%	29.0 min	0.0%
MLI–SRQ	Moline to Sarasota/Bradenton	6	83.3%	-30.8 min	16.7%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	36.1%	33.5%	3,487
Late-arriving aircraft	24.6%	39.3%	2,378
National Aviation System	29.4%	21.0%	2,840
Extreme weather	9.8%	5.9%	951
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

9,656 delay minutes on 90 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 March 2026?

69.0% of 345 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.1% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 76.9% of 373 departures left on time and 1.6% were cancelled, against 69.0% and 7.0% in March 2026.

Provenance

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