Chicago/Rockford International in March 2025

71.3%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 101 domestic departures from Chicago/Rockford International (RFD). 71.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 68.3% reached their destination on time; 0.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.9% of flights departed on time and 79.3% arrived on time, so RFD departures were 8.6 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2024, the airport had 89 departures with 73.0% leaving on time: a change of −1.7 points, with flights up 13%.

Flights arriving at RFD that month were on time 83.2% of the time (101 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 57%, national aviation system 22% and air carrier 20%.

On time 68.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 31.7%
Cancelled 0.0%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from RFD in March 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Mar 2025	Mar 2024	RFD, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2025
Departed on time	71.3%	73.0%	72.4%	79.9%
Arrived on time	68.3%	74.2%	71.1%	79.3%
Cancelled	0.0%	1.1%	0.3%	1.2%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	38.0 min	31.3 min	26.5 min	14.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	3	3	3	20,029
Scheduled departures	101	89	985	600,872

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
G4 Allegiant Air	101	100%	68.3%	30.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
RFD–PGD	Rockford to Punta Gorda	27	66.7%	34.5 min	0.0%
RFD–AZA	Rockford to Phoenix	23	73.9%	11.4 min	0.0%
RFD–PIE	Rockford to St. Petersburg	16	62.5%	4.3 min	0.0%
RFD–SFB	Rockford to Sanford	13	76.9%	79.2 min	0.0%
RFD–SRQ	Rockford to Sarasota/Bradenton	13	61.5%	53.8 min	0.0%
RFD–LAS	Rockford to Las Vegas	9	66.7%	4.7 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), March 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	20.3%	33.0%	808
Late-arriving aircraft	57.3%	39.2%	2,283
National Aviation System	21.7%	21.9%	863
Extreme weather	0.5%	5.9%	19
Security	0.2%	0.1%	9

3,982 delay minutes on 32 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 RFD on time in March 2025?

71.3% of 101 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 68.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.9% and 79.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2024, 73.0% of 89 departures left on time and 1.1% were cancelled, against 71.3% and 0.0% in March 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for RFD · methodology · corrections.