Quad Cities International in April 2026

76.1%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 April 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 414 domestic departures from Quad Cities International (MLI). 76.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 73.2% reached their destination on time; 4.6% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.1% of flights departed on time and 78.9% arrived on time, so MLI departures were 3.0 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in April 2025, the airport had 368 departures with 81.5% leaving on time: a change of −5.4 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at MLI that month were on time 68.8% of the time (414 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 41%, air carrier 36% and national aviation system 15%.

On time 73.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 22.2%
Cancelled 4.6%
Diverted 0.0%

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

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

Measure	Apr 2026	Apr 2025	MLI, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Apr 2026
Departed on time	76.1%	81.5%	77.9%	79.1%
Arrived on time	73.2%	76.1%	74.2%	78.9%
Cancelled	4.6%	1.9%	3.6%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	23.2 min	15.8 min	21.9 min	14.5 min
Scheduled departures a day	14	12	12	19,931
Scheduled departures	414	368	4,301	597,919

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	276	67%	71.7%	18.6 min	6.2%
G4 Allegiant Air	53	13%	71.7%	8.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	47	11%	87.2%	-9.0 min	4.3%
OH PSA Airlines	38	9%	68.4%	13.6 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MLI–ORD	Moline to Chicago	247	68.4%	21.9 min	7.7%
MLI–DFW	Moline to Dallas/Fort Worth	84	78.6%	3.9 min	0.0%
MLI–DEN	Moline to Denver	30	100.0%	-13.1 min	0.0%
MLI–AZA	Moline to Phoenix	9	55.6%	31.7 min	0.0%
MLI–LAS	Moline to Las Vegas	9	100.0%	-14.7 min	0.0%
MLI–PGD	Moline to Punta Gorda	9	66.7%	4.0 min	0.0%
MLI–PIE	Moline to St. Petersburg	9	77.8%	25.2 min	0.0%
MLI–SFB	Moline to Sanford	9	77.8%	0.7 min	0.0%
MLI–SRQ	Moline to Sarasota/Bradenton	8	50.0%	4.9 min	0.0%

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), April 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Apr 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	36.3%	33.5%	3,569
Late-arriving aircraft	41.2%	40.4%	4,059
National Aviation System	14.7%	21.0%	1,445
Extreme weather	7.8%	5.0%	772
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

9,845 delay minutes on 92 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 April 2026?

76.1% of 414 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 73.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.1% and 78.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In April 2025, 81.5% of 368 departures left on time and 1.9% were cancelled, against 76.1% and 4.6% in April 2026.

Provenance

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