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Airport Reliability

RFD · Rockford

Rockford, IL (RFD)

75%
Departures within 15 minutes
23 min
Average departure delay
84%
Arrivals within 15 minutes
0.5%
Departures cancelled

Based on 965 departures and 965 arrivals. Data through May 2026.

What the data says

The 12–3 PM departure wins.

Departures from RFD departing between 12–3 PM arrived on time 85% of the time, versus 55% between 6–9 PM.

Friday is doing you no favors.

Departures from RFD arrived on time 86% of the time on Tuesdays and just 58% on Fridays. That gap is worth planning around.

Ticking up lately.

Departures from RFD arrived on time 74% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 69% in the three months before that.

When RFD gets messy

On-time by departure window
  • 6–9 AM75%(51 flights)
  • 9 AM–12 PM81%(338 flights)
  • 12–3 PM85%(222 flights)
  • 3–6 PM63%(131 flights)
  • 6–9 PM55%(205 flights)
  • 9 PM–12 AM85%(13 flights)
On-time by weekday
  • Mon66%(168 flights)
  • Tue86%(58 flights)
  • Wed75%(124 flights)
  • Thu86%(162 flights)
  • Fri58%(169 flights)
  • Sat76%(105 flights)
  • Sun77%(174 flights)
On-time trend by month
81%
May

Jun 80% → May 81% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
June 202580%85
July 202575%87
August 202582%77
September 202580%60
October 202569%83
November 202565%69
December 202564%83
January 202670%70
February 202674%70
March 202669%98
April 202672%88
May 202681%90

Airlines departing RFD

Busiest routes from RFD

Based on 965 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.