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Airport · BLV · Belleville, Illinois

Belleville, IL

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Belleville, IL (BLV) ranks #231 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Belleville, IL posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a mid-size U.S. airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

76.4%
On-time
Top 95%
on-time, US airports
85 min
Delay when late
1.92%
Cancelled
#231 of 382
Corpus placement
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BLV on-time rate vs. the national average

Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%76.4%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 171,489.

Late Aircraft 51.8% (88,853 min)
Carrier 24.6% (42,191 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 14.4% (24,756 min)
Weather 9.1% (15,580 min)
Security 0.1% (109 min)

BLV - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (91.3%) · worst: July (83%)

82%84%86%88%90%92% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 86%

BLV - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

80%85%90%95% 202020212022202320242025 92.1% 86.7% ▼ -5.9%

BLV - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)

Average taxi-out 12.2 min · taxi-in 5.9 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min12 min14 min16 min Jan 24Dec 25 12.9 min 13.3 min ▲ +3.1%

BLV's average taxi-out (12.2 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (February 2025, 14.4 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Belleville, IL.

Cancellation Rate

1.92%

270 of 14,072 flights

Diversion Rate

0.16%

23 of 14,072 flights

Delay Rate

23.6%

3,319 of 14,072 flights

Top Routes from BLV

Busiest routes to and from Belleville, IL.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
BLV (Belleville) → VPS (Valparaiso) 1,221 74.2% 587 mi
VPS (Valparaiso) → BLV (Belleville) 1,219 79.2% 587 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Belleville, IL, both outside Illinois so the neighborhoods are not same-state geography. Axes stay disjoint: volume peers exclude the on-time peer set. Same-state compare stays below.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 76.4%).

Fort Lauderdale, FL

Fort Lauderdale, FL

76.4% on-time 1,010,982 flights

Provo, UT

Provo, UT

76.5% on-time 20,217 flights

Newburgh/Poughkeepsie, NY

Newburgh/Poughkeepsie, NY

76.3% on-time 7,137 flights

Santa Maria, CA

Santa Maria, CA

76.6% on-time 2,193 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 14,072).

Christiansted, VI

Christiansted, VI

14,135 flights 79.9% on-time

Tyler, TX

Tyler, TX

13,972 flights 85.3% on-time

Lake Charles, LA

Lake Charles, LA

13,543 flights 86.1% on-time

La Crosse, WI

La Crosse, WI

13,386 flights 87% on-time

Other Airports in Illinois

Compare performance with other Illinois airports.

ORD 81%

Chicago, IL

Chicago · 3,114,086 flights
MDW 78.4%

Chicago, IL

Chicago · 880,912 flights
MLI 83.4%

Moline, IL

Moline · 45,407 flights
PIA 80.7%

Peoria, IL

Peoria · 44,104 flights
BMI 85.2%

Bloomington/Normal, IL

Bloomington/Normal · 25,097 flights
CMI 84.8%

Champaign/Urbana, IL

Champaign/Urbana · 17,865 flights
RFD 78.9%

Rockford, IL

Rockford · 9,512 flights
DEC 84.5%

Decatur, IL

Decatur · 9,084 flights

BLV delay-share reading

The standout signal at Belleville, IL is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 51.8% of 171,489 delay minutes across 14,072 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 76.4% (2.6 pts below the 79% national average), with 3,319 delayed and 270 cancelled (1.92%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (51.8% late-aircraft, 24.6% carrier, 14.4% NAS, 9.1% weather, 0.1% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, BLV is strongest in September (91.3% on-time) and weakest in July (83%), a 8.3-point swing. Volume peaks in July (~329 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to VPS (Valparaiso) at 74.2% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Illinois: Illinois flight data.

Data Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), On-Time Performance Data (2020–2025). Statistics reflect cumulative performance across all available reporting periods. On-time rates exclude cancelled and diverted flights.

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Using BLV's data

BLV's on-time book sits in the slower half of the BTS set; check the delay mix and the worst month before treating the headline as typical.

  • Check the busiest route from BLV before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in September rather than July if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 12.2 min here; check the monthly series before a tight connection. Taxi times

On-time rate reflects the BTS historical average across all reporting carriers at this airport, not any single flight or airline.

Data sourced from U.S. Department of Transportation Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) On-Time Performance data. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFlights

Source: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) Airline on-time performance and operational reliability · 2025

Every figure on PlainFlights is rendered directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no number is typed in by an editor. Airport figures are computed directly from BTS On-Time Performance data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.