The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) delays & on-time performance
Cedar Rapids/Iowa City, Iowa · 20 nonstop destinations · 9 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at CID right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
77%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.7%
227 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
102 min when late
Departed on time
79%
avg taxi-out 16 min
Figures cover 8,397 departures from CID; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into CID were on time 74% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing The Eastern Iowa Airport (CID) arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
- 2.7% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (87% on time); PSA Airlines was the least (70%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (88% on time); around 7pm did worst (64%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (40%).
Most delayed routes from CID
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ORD · Chicago73%2,755 flts
- DCA · Washington74%363 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis78%399 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth78%1,172 flts
- DEN · Denver79%1,127 flts
- PHX · Phoenix83%771 flts
- CLT · Charlotte84%462 flts
- ATL · Atlanta87%367 flts
Most reliable routes from CID
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ATL · Atlanta87%367 flts
- CLT · Charlotte84%462 flts
- PHX · Phoenix83%771 flts
- DEN · Denver79%1,127 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth78%1,172 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis78%399 flts
- DCA · Washington74%363 flts
- ORD · Chicago73%2,755 flts
Best airline at CID
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 87% | 2.2% | 13 min | 3 | 370 |
| Envoy Air | 82% | 2.3% | 15 min | 5 | 1,932 |
| Frontier Airlines | 81% | 1.2% | 14 min | 1 | 167 |
| American Airlines | 78% | 3.5% | 35 min | 6 | 1,137 |
| United Airlines | 78% | 1.6% | 22 min | 2 | 1,213 |
| Allegiant Air | 75% | 1.0% | 23 min | 9 | 955 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 73% | 3.0% | 31 min | 4 | 1,884 |
| Republic Airways | 70% | 6.0% | 24 min | 3 | 402 |
| PSA Airlines | 70% | 7.1% | 36 min | 4 | 337 |
Best time to fly out of CID
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am88%781 flts
- 6am85%1,103 flts
- 7am86%609 flts
- 8am80%768 flts
- 9am80%371 flts
- 10am78%255 flts
- 11am75%450 flts
- 12pm78%503 flts
- 1pm72%523 flts
- 2pm76%561 flts
- 3pm69%573 flts
- 4pm76%407 flts
- 5pm67%288 flts
- 6pm66%715 flts
- 7pm64%278 flts
- 8pm69%151 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)40%
- Late-arriving aircraft31%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion15%
- Extreme weather14%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.