Wichita, KS

What the Data Says About ICT

Wichita, KS in Wichita, Kansas handled 109,987 flights in the Bureau of Transportation Statistics dataset between 2020 and 2025, posting a 82.2% on-time departure rate. Of those flights, 19,580 experienced delays, 1,343 were cancelled, and 112 were diverted. The cancellation rate works out to 1.22%, the diversion rate to 0.10%, and the average delay when departures run late is 80.9 minutes. These figures are the baseline for comparing ICT against other airports in the same state and nationally.

Breaking down what drives delays at ICT, Carrier leads the pack. Carrier accounts for 38.3% of total delay minutes, followed by Late Aircraft at 36.1% and NAS (National Aviation System) at 17.0%. Weather contributes 8.5% of delay minutes at this airport, while security holds the smallest share at 0.1%. Travelers often overestimate the weather share; the BTS categorization shows late-arriving aircraft and carrier operations as the larger contributors.

Seasonally, October runs the cleanest at ICT with a 94% on-time rate, while June is the roughest at 89.5% — a 5-point swing between best and worst month. Volume peaks in August, when average flights hit 1,657. The busiest route from ICT is to ICT (Wichita), with 13,520 flights at a 77.8% on-time rate. Combine these numbers — 82.2% on-time, 80.9-minute average delay, 1.22% cancellation rate — and you have a concrete picture of departure reliability at Wichita, KS.