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Quad City International Airport (MLI) delays & on-time performance

Moline, Illinois · 10 nonstop destinations · 5 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at MLI 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
3.6%
156 flights
Avg arrival delay
24 min
101 min when late
Departed on time
81%
avg taxi-out 18 min

Figures cover 4,301 departures from MLI; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into MLI were on time 75% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Quad City International Airport (MLI) arrived on time 77% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
  • 3.6% were cancelled, and 11% arrived an hour or more late.
  • Envoy Air was the most punctual airline here (83% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (74%).
  • Departures scheduled around 7am did best (87% on time); around 7pm did worst (58%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was late-arriving aircraft (36%).

Most delayed routes from MLI

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 10 routes from MLI →

Most reliable routes from MLI

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at MLI

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

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
Envoy Air83%2.5%13 min21,232
PSA Airlines80%4.5%30 min2485
Allegiant Air77%0.8%17 min6497
SkyWest Airlines74%4.8%30 min32,077
Republic Airways60%0.0%72 min110

Best time to fly out of MLI

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

  • 5am82%95 flts
  • 6am85%750 flts
  • 7am87%177 flts
  • 8am82%466 flts
  • 9am75%183 flts
  • 10am80%454 flts
  • 11am82%375 flts
  • 12pm87%180 flts
  • 1pm75%201 flts
  • 2pm69%72 flts
  • 3pm67%415 flts
  • 4pm80%121 flts
  • 5pm65%277 flts
  • 6pm64%343 flts
  • 7pm58%109 flts
  • 9pm70%44 flts

Monthly trend

50%75%100%July 2025: 71.6% on time, 2.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 77.5% on time, 2.5% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 87.2% on time, 0.3% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 78.7% on time, 0.3% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 76.3% on time, 7.7% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 66.8% on time, 3.6% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 77.4% on time, 4.9% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 72.6% on time, 1.5% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 71.7% on time, 7.0% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 76.7% on time, 4.6% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 78.9% on time, 1.7% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 78.8% on time, 5.6% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 82.0% on time, 3.6% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Late-arriving aircraft36%
  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)35%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion18%
  • Extreme weather10%
  • 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.