According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Cedar City, UT (CDC) ranks #308 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Cedar City, UT posts top-5% on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.
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CDC on-time rate vs. the national average
Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.
Volume vs. on-time rate
Where Cedar City, UT sits on volume vs. on-time rate
Among the 382 U.S. airports in the BTS corpus, Cedar City, UT handles more flight
volume than 19% of them, and has a higher on-time rate than
98% of them, placing it in the quadrant for quiet and reliable.
Flight volume and on-time rate are independent figures: a busy airport can still run
reliably, and a quiet one can still run late.
Cedar City, UT vs. a 29-airport national peer sample, volume percentile vs. on-time-rate percentile.
Total flights (2020-2025): 7,071 ·
On-time rate: 92.0%
Delay Cause Breakdown
Top delay cause: Carrier.
Total delay minutes28,250 min
Carrier20,025 min · 71%
Weather7,621 min · 27%
NAS (National Aviation System)453 min · 2%
Security151 min · 1%
Late Aircraft0 min · 0%
Source: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, On-Time Performance
CDC - seasonal on-time pattern
Best: September (98.2%) · worst: March (94.7%)
CDC - on-time rate by year
2020–2025, year-over-year trend.
CDC - taxi-out and taxi-in (monthly)
Average taxi-out 16.6 min · taxi-in 3.3 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).
CDC's average taxi-out (16.6 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 13.6 min (July 2024) to 22.2 min (September 2025).
Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Cedar City, UT, both outside Utah 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 Cedar City, UT is the delay mix: Carrier owns 70.9% of 28,250 delay minutes across 7,071 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 92% (13 pts above the 79% national average), with 569 delayed and 17 cancelled (0.24%).
Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (0.0% late-aircraft, 70.9% carrier, 1.6% NAS, 27.0% weather, 0.5% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.
On the multi-year calendar, CDC is strongest in September (98.2% on-time) and weakest in March (94.7%), a 3.5-point swing. Volume peaks in December (~106 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to SLC (Salt Lake City) at 92.7% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.
Cedar City, UT vs. the national on-time distribution
On-time rate among all 382 tracked U.S. airports
92%Top 2%higher than 98% of 382 airports
Cedar City, UT
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.
CDC's on-time book is stronger than most peers; the remaining risk sits in the delay mix, not a weak headline rate.
Check the busiest route from CDC before you book a connection. See top routes →
Travel in September rather than March if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns →
Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 16.6 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 Cedar City, UT's on-time rate?
Cedar City, UT (CDC) has a 92% on-time rate across 7,071 BTS-tracked flights (2020-2025), 13 pts above the 79% national flight-weighted average; that places it in roughly the top-5% on-time performance.
How does CDC rank among U.S. airports by traffic volume?
Cedar City, UT ranks #308 of 382 tracked US airports by total BTS flights (most flights = #1), making it a smaller regional airport.
What's the most common cause of delays at Cedar City, UT?
Carrier is the leading delay cause at CDC, accounting for 70.9% of delay minutes. The full breakdown: 0.0% late-aircraft, 70.9% carrier, 1.6% NAS/air-traffic-control, 27.0% weather, and 0.5% security.
When is the best time to fly through Cedar City, UT?
September is historically CDC's strongest month at 98.2% on-time, while March is the weakest at 94.7%, a 3.5-point swing across the BTS historical record.