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Cedar City, UT

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.

Data updated 2026-06-13

92%
On-time
Top 2%
on-time, US airports
95 min
Delay when late
0.24%
Cancelled
#308 of 382
Corpus placement
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CDC on-time rate vs. the national average

Ahead of the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%92%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 28,250.

Late Aircraft 0.0% (0 min)
Carrier 70.9% (20,025 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 1.6% (453 min)
Weather 27.0% (7,621 min)
Security 0.5% (151 min)

CDC - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (98.2%) · worst: March (94.7%)

94%95%96%97%98%99% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 95.6%

CDC - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

94%95%96%97%98% 202020212022202320242025 97.6% 97.4% ▼ -0.2%

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).

10 min15 min20 min25 min Jan 24Dec 25 16.1 min 20.2 min ▲ +25.5%

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).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Cedar City, UT.

Cancellation Rate

0.24%

17 of 7,071 flights

Diversion Rate

0.04%

3 of 7,071 flights

Delay Rate

8.0%

569 of 7,071 flights

Top Routes from CDC

Busiest routes to and from Cedar City, UT.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
CDC (Cedar City) → SLC (Salt Lake City) 3,490 92.7% 221 mi
SLC (Salt Lake City) → CDC (Cedar City) 3,489 90.7% 221 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

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.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 92%).

Twin Falls, ID

Twin Falls, ID

92.3% on-time 8,708 flights

New Haven, CT

New Haven, CT

92.9% on-time 1,204 flights

Butte, MT

Butte, MT

91% on-time 8,024 flights

Guam, TT

Guam, TT

90.6% on-time 8,429 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 7,071).

Cody, WY

Cody, WY

7,056 flights 78.9% on-time

Alpena, MI

Alpena, MI

7,108 flights 84.5% on-time

Newburgh/Poughkeepsie, NY

Newburgh/Poughkeepsie, NY

7,137 flights 76.3% on-time

Stockton, CA

Stockton, CA

7,206 flights 72.6% on-time

Other Airports in Utah

Compare performance with other Utah airports.

SLC 85.8%

Salt Lake City, UT

Salt Lake City · 1,319,985 flights
SGU 88%

St. George, UT

St. George · 39,026 flights
PVU 76.5%

Provo, UT

Provo · 20,217 flights
CNY 87.3%

Moab, UT

Moab · 5,341 flights
VEL 86.8%

Vernal, UT

Vernal · 4,784 flights
OGD 76.8%

Ogden, UT

Ogden · 457 flights

CDC delay-share reading

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.

Statewide aggregates for Utah: Utah 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 CDC's data

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.

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

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