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.
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BLV on-time rate vs. the national average
Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Belleville, IL sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Belleville, IL handles more flight
volume than 40% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
5% of them, placing it in the quadrant for quiet and delay-prone.
Flight volume and on-time rate are independent figures: a busy airport can still run
reliably, and a quiet one can still run late.
Belleville, IL vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 14,072 ·
On-time rate: 76.4%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Late Aircraft.
Total delay minutes171,489 min
Late Aircraft88,853 min · 52%
Carrier42,191 min · 25%
NAS (National Aviation System)24,756 min · 14%
Weather15,580 min · 9%
Security109 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
BLV - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: September (91.3%) · worst: July (83%)
BLV - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
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).
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.
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.
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.
Belleville, IL vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
76.4%Top 95%higher than 5% of 382 airports
Belleville, IL
60%95%
U.S. airports by on-time rate, bucketed by value
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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.
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.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Belleville, IL's on-time rate?
Belleville, IL (BLV) has a 76.4% on-time rate across 14,072 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 2.6 pts below the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the bottom-quartile on-time performance.
How does BLV rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Belleville, IL ranks #231 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a mid-size U.S. airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Belleville, IL?
Late Aircraft is the leading delay cause at BLV, accounting for 51.8% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 51.8% late-aircraft, 24.6% carrier, 14.4% NAS/air-traffic-control, 9.1% weather, and 0.1% security.
When is the best time to fly through Belleville, IL?
September is historically BLV's strongest month at 91.3% on-time, while July is the weakest at 83%, a 8.3-point swing across the BTS historical record.