Best time to fly out of Kearney (EAR)
Kearney did not fly enough departures in this window to split the day into time bands. Not enough flights to say. A percentage needs at least 100 flights behind it before it is worth printing; anything thinner is noise wearing a decimal point. These are historical odds, not forecasts. The records say what happened on this schedule over three years; they know nothing about tomorrow’s thunderstorm.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
On-time rate by hour and day
On this page, “on time” means a departure that pushed back less than 15 minutes behind its scheduled time — the Bureau of Transportation Statistics definition, and the one airlines are held to.
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Not enough flights to say — fewer than 100 in this window.
The year at EAR
January was the hard month at EAR: 76.9% of departures left on time, across 106 flights. November was the easy one at 88.1%. Each month pools three years of that month, so a single bad week does not decide it.
| Month | Share departures that left on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | 76.9% | 106 |
| February | Not enough flights to say | 96 |
| March | 86.8% | 107 |
| April | 85% | 102 |
| May | 79.4% | 139 |
| June | 86.2% | 133 |
| July | Not enough flights to say | 52 |
| August | Not enough flights to say | 54 |
| September | Not enough flights to say | 51 |
| October | Not enough flights to say | 53 |
| November | 88.1% | 103 |
| December | 84% | 107 |
Airlines at EAR
Every airline with at least 100 departures from EAR, busiest first. These are that airline’s departures from this airport only — its record across the country sits on its own page.
| Airline | Left on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SkyWest Airlines | 85% | 143 min | 1.4% | 1,103 |
What delays out of EAR were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 187 flights that departed EAR and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 49.1% put down to airline operations and 30.3% to late-arriving aircraft.
- Late-arriving aircraft 30.3%
- Airline operations 49.1%
- Air traffic & airport volume 12.6%
- Severe weather 8%
- Security 0%
Late-arriving aircraft is the knock-on category: the plane came in late, so it went out late again. It is why a 7am problem in Newark is still a problem in Denver at dinnertime, and why it is usually the biggest slice on the bar.
If you are connecting through EAR
Of 1,104 scheduled arrivals into EAR, 78.9% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 217 arrivals that ran late, 53% were no more than 45 minutes behind — which is the difference between a tight connection and a new boarding pass.
Work out a specific layover — pick the airport and the minutes you have, and the tool reads the same arrival records back as a share.
Busiest routes out of EAR
Ranked by flights, with the share that arrived on time at the far end. Where a route carries enough flights for a page of its own the chip goes there; otherwise it goes to the destination airport.
EAR in one number
Kearney (EAR)
Rank 327 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: —. Hardest month: January.
Questions about EAR
- What is the worst month to fly out of EAR?
- January: 76.9% of the departures that flew left on time, with 106 scheduled. November was the other end of the year at 88.1%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- How often are flights cancelled at EAR?
- 1.4% of scheduled departures were cancelled over July 2023 through June 2026. Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled, not against everything that flew — a rate that looks small still adds up to real people in a rebooking line.