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Airport · EAU · Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Eau Claire, WI

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Eau Claire, WI (EAU) ranks #325 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Eau Claire, WI posts above-median on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

84.5%
On-time
Top 38%
on-time, US airports
109 min
Delay when late
1.75%
Cancelled
#325 of 382
Corpus placement
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EAU on-time rate vs. the national average

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

0%100%U.S. average79%84.5%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Carrier. Total delay minutes: 40,571.

Late Aircraft 35.4% (14,375 min)
Carrier 42.7% (17,328 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 12.2% (4,960 min)
Weather 9.5% (3,852 min)
Security 0.1% (56 min)

EAU - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: April (96.2%) · worst: December (90.8%)

90%92%94%96%98% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 90.8%

EAU - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

85%90%95%100% 20202021202220242025 95.6% 91.3% ▼ -4.5%

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

Average taxi-out 16.9 min · taxi-in 4.1 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

0 min10 min20 min30 min40 min Jan 22Dec 25 21 min 29.1 min ▲ +38.6%

EAU's average taxi-out (16.9 min) sits near the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Month-to-month, it swings from 10.2 min (May 2022) to 29.1 min (December 2025).

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Eau Claire, WI.

Cancellation Rate

1.75%

90 of 5,152 flights

Diversion Rate

0.06%

3 of 5,152 flights

Delay Rate

15.5%

796 of 5,152 flights

Top Routes from EAU

Busiest routes to and from Eau Claire, WI.

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Route Flights On-Time Distance
EAU (Eau Claire) → ORD (Chicago) 2,546 85.9% 269 mi
ORD (Chicago) → EAU (Eau Claire) 2,516 82.2% 269 mi

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Eau Claire, WI, both outside Wisconsin 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: 84.5%).

Elmira/Corning, NY

Elmira/Corning, NY

84.5% on-time 13,181 flights

Lawton/Fort Sill, OK

Lawton/Fort Sill, OK

84.5% on-time 12,720 flights

Decatur, IL

Decatur, IL

84.5% on-time 9,084 flights

Alpena, MI

Alpena, MI

84.5% on-time 7,108 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 5,152).

Niagara Falls, NY

Niagara Falls, NY

5,099 flights 78.2% on-time

Dickinson, ND

Dickinson, ND

4,996 flights 84% on-time

Moab, UT

Moab, UT

5,341 flights 87.3% on-time

Binghamton, NY

Binghamton, NY

4,852 flights 87.9% on-time

Other Airports in Wisconsin

Compare performance with other Wisconsin airports.

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MSN 83.1%

Madison, WI

Madison · 127,239 flights
ATW 82.3%

Appleton, WI

Appleton · 63,493 flights
GRB 85.5%

Green Bay, WI

Green Bay · 48,314 flights
CWA 87.4%

Mosinee, WI

Mosinee · 16,116 flights
LSE 87%

La Crosse, WI

La Crosse · 13,386 flights
RHI 87.3%

Rhinelander, WI

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EAU delay-share reading

The standout signal at Eau Claire, WI is the delay mix: Carrier owns 42.7% of 40,571 delay minutes across 5,152 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 84.5% (5.5 pts above the 79% national average), with 796 delayed and 90 cancelled (1.75%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Carrier (35.4% late-aircraft, 42.7% carrier, 12.2% NAS, 9.5% weather, 0.1% security). As a quieter airport, a single late inbound can swing the month more than at a mega-hub.

On the multi-year calendar, EAU is strongest in April (96.2% on-time) and weakest in December (90.8%), a 5.4-point swing. Volume peaks in January (~120 flights/month). The busiest connecting route is to ORD (Chicago) at 85.9% on-time. Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Wisconsin: Wisconsin 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.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Using EAU's data

EAU's on-time book is mid-pack; month and delay-cause mix move more than the headline rate.

  • Check the busiest route from EAU before you book a connection. See top routes
  • Travel in April rather than December if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 16.9 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.