OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Chicago to Cedar Rapids

196 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ORD–CID arrive on time 66% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate66%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay80 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled3.4%of scheduled flights

based on 2,555 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Envoy Air
    On-time70%
    Medianon time
    p9055 min
    Cancel2.2%
    Flights1,009
  • Republic Airways
    On-time68%
    Medianon time
    p9070 min
    Cancel5.6%
    Flights302
  • American Airlines
    On-time68%
    Median5 min
    p9070 min
    Cancel0.0%
    Flights31
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time61%
    Medianon time
    p90100 min
    Cancel4.9%
    Flights853
  • United Airlines
    On-time61%
    Median5 min
    p90100 min
    Cancel1.4%
    Flights360

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline27%
  • Weather18%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Late aircraft40%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Late aircraft.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline3%
  • Weather81%
  • Air traffic (NAS)15%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 86 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly ORD → CID

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 60% to 79% on time.

  • Middays79% on time · p90 40 min · 1,197 flights
  • Mornings77% on time · p90 45 min · 1,602 flights
  • Afternoons71% on time · p90 60 min · 1,175 flights
  • Evenings66% on time · p90 70 min · 878 flights
  • Overnights60% on time · p90 85 min · 1,992 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 65% to 75% on time.

  • Tuesdays75% on time · p90 55 min · 970 flights
  • Saturdays73% on time · p90 55 min · 844 flights
  • Wednesdays71% on time · p90 60 min · 981 flights
  • Mondays70% on time · p90 65 min · 1,020 flights
  • Sundays68% on time · p90 70 min · 1,003 flights
  • Thursdays68% on time · p90 65 min · 1,011 flights
  • Fridays65% on time · p90 75 min · 1,017 flights

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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.