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Central Nebraska Regional Airport (GRI) delays & on-time performance

Grand Island, Nebraska · 3 nonstop destinations · 2 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at GRI right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.

On-time arrivals
74%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.1%
20 flights
Avg arrival delay
30 min
114 min when late
Departed on time
74%
avg taxi-out 17 min

Figures cover 955 departures from GRI; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into GRI were on time 76% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Central Nebraska Regional Airport (GRI) arrived on time 74% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
  • 2.1% were cancelled, and 14% arrived an hour or more late.
  • SkyWest Airlines was the most punctual airline here (75% on time); Allegiant Air was the least (72%).
  • Departures scheduled around 11am did best (90% on time); around 10pm did worst (58%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (52%).

Most delayed routes from GRI

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 3 routes from GRI →

Most reliable routes from GRI

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at GRI

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
SkyWest Airlines75%2.8%33 min1707
Allegiant Air72%0.0%24 min2248

Best time to fly out of GRI

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 5am73%304 flts
  • 6am90%61 flts
  • 11am90%41 flts
  • 3pm85%73 flts
  • 5pm70%90 flts
  • 6pm72%190 flts
  • 7pm63%35 flts
  • 10pm58%52 flts

Monthly trend

30%65%100%July 2025: 83.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 85.0% on time, 0.0% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 89.3% on time, 1.3% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 83.8% on time, 3.6% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 65.3% on time, 2.6% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 75.8% on time, 0.0% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 74.0% on time, 4.9% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 76.3% on time, 1.3% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 75.3% on time, 0.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 78.6% on time, 4.1% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 75.3% on time, 3.9% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 47.9% on time, 4.0% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 60.5% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)52%
  • Late-arriving aircraft27%
  • Extreme weather11%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion10%
  • 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.