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Airport · RFD · Rockford, Illinois

Rockford, IL

According to PlainFlights' airport traffic ranking (BTS On-Time Performance total flights), Rockford, IL (RFD) ranks #253 of 382 tracked US airports by total flights (most flights = #1). Rockford, IL posts bottom-quartile on-time performance among the 382 tracked U.S. airports, as a smaller regional airport.

Data updated 2026-06-13

78.9%
On-time
Top 88%
on-time, US airports
85 min
Delay when late
1.34%
Cancelled
#253 of 382
Corpus placement
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RFD on-time rate vs. the national average

Behind the U.S. average across all 382 tracked airports.

0%100%U.S. average79%78.9%

Delay Cause Breakdown

Top delay cause: Late Aircraft. Total delay minutes: 108,907.

Late Aircraft 43.7% (47,572 min)
Carrier 27.3% (29,720 min)
NAS (National Aviation System) 19.2% (20,960 min)
Weather 9.4% (10,187 min)
Security 0.4% (468 min)

RFD - seasonal on-time pattern

Best: September (89.4%) · worst: May (85.2%)

84%85%86%87%88%89%90% JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec 87%

RFD - on-time rate by year

2020–2025, year-over-year trend.

80%85%90%95% 202020212022202320242025 92.7% 87.2% ▼ -5.9%

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

Average taxi-out 12.4 min · taxi-in 6.9 min over the last 24 reported months (U.S. airport mean taxi-out ≈ 16.4 min).

10 min12 min14 min16 min18 min Jan 24Dec 25 14.9 min 16.1 min ▲ +8.1%

RFD's average taxi-out (12.4 min) stays shorter than the recent U.S. airport mean (~16.4 min). Even the heaviest month (December 2025, 16.1 min) is milder than many hubs' typical book.

Cancellation & Diversion Analysis

Flight disruption statistics for Rockford, IL.

Cancellation Rate

1.34%

127 of 9,512 flights

Diversion Rate

0.09%

9 of 9,512 flights

Delay Rate

21.1%

2,003 of 9,512 flights

Nationwide peers by on-time rate & flight volume

Two PlainFlights-derived comparison paths for Rockford, 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.

Similar on-time rate

Nearest out-of-state BTS on-time rate (this airport: 78.9%).

Denver, CO

Denver, CO

78.9% on-time 3,293,040 flights

Cody, WY

Cody, WY

78.9% on-time 7,056 flights

Key West, FL

Key West, FL

79% on-time 93,161 flights

Martha's Vineyard, MA

Martha's Vineyard, MA

78.8% on-time 11,280 flights

Similar flight volume

Nearest out-of-state total flights (this airport: 9,512).

Columbus, MS

Columbus, MS

9,419 flights 89.9% on-time

Rhinelander, WI

Rhinelander, WI

9,618 flights 87.3% on-time

Jamestown, ND

Jamestown, ND

9,384 flights 87.2% on-time

Kodiak, AK

Kodiak, AK

9,654 flights 87% on-time

Other Airports in Illinois

Compare performance with other Illinois airports.

ORD 81%

Chicago, IL

Chicago · 3,114,086 flights
MDW 78.4%

Chicago, IL

Chicago · 880,912 flights
MLI 83.4%

Moline, IL

Moline · 45,407 flights
PIA 80.7%

Peoria, IL

Peoria · 44,104 flights
BMI 85.2%

Bloomington/Normal, IL

Bloomington/Normal · 25,097 flights
CMI 84.8%

Champaign/Urbana, IL

Champaign/Urbana · 17,865 flights
BLV 76.4%

Belleville, IL

Belleville · 14,072 flights
DEC 84.5%

Decatur, IL

Decatur · 9,084 flights

RFD delay-share reading

The standout signal at Rockford, IL is the delay mix: Late Aircraft owns 43.7% of 108,907 delay minutes across 9,512 BTS flights. The on-time headline is 78.9% (0.1 pts below the 79% national average), with 2,003 delayed and 127 cancelled (1.34%).

Delay minutes concentrate in Late Aircraft (43.7% late-aircraft, 27.3% carrier, 19.2% NAS, 9.4% weather, 0.4% security). Mid-volume books still show a clear delay fingerprint rather than a weather-only story.

On the multi-year calendar, RFD is strongest in September (89.4% on-time) and weakest in May (85.2%), a 4.2-point swing. Volume peaks in March (~195 flights/month). Field definitions: on-time performance explained.

Statewide aggregates for Illinois: Illinois 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 RFD's data

RFD'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.

  • Compare RFD against airports with a similar on-time rate. Compare airports
  • Travel in September rather than May if your dates are flexible. Seasonal patterns
  • Gate-to-wheels taxi-out averages 12.4 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.