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Airport month · October 2023
General Mitchell International in October 2023
BTS: A flight is counted as on time if it arrived less than 15 minutes after its scheduled time. Only carriers with at least 0.5 percent of domestic scheduled passenger revenue report.
In October 2023, reporting carriers scheduled 2,489 domestic departures from General Mitchell International (MKE). 87.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 87.9% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 83.8% of flights departed on time and 84.0% arrived on time, so MKE departures were 3.5 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MKE that month were on time 82.8% of the time (2,489 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 48%, air carrier 38% and national aviation system 12%.
- On time 87.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 11.8%
- Cancelled 0.3%
- Diverted 0.1%
October 2023 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Oct 2023 | Year earlier | MKE, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Oct 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 87.3% | — | 77.6% | 83.8% |
| Arrived on time | 87.9% | — | 76.2% | 84.0% |
| Cancelled | 0.3% | — | 2.3% | 0.4% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 9.2 min | — | 17.8 min | 11.0 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 83 | — | 80 | 19,966 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,489 | — | 29,355 | 598,968 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 864 | 35% | 86.5% | -1.2 min | 0.2% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 416 | 17% | 92.8% | -8.2 min | 0.2% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 364 | 15% | 89.3% | -0.5 min | 0.3% |
| AA American Airlines | 215 | 9% | 80.5% | 10.8 min | 0.5% |
| YX Republic Airline | 166 | 7% | 91.0% | -8.8 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 91 | 4% | 87.9% | -2.9 min | 1.1% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 82 | 3% | 81.7% | 10.7 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 74 | 3% | 85.1% | -0.1 min | 1.4% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 64 | 3% | 92.2% | -14.0 min | 0.0% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 62 | 2% | 82.3% | 5.8 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 60 | 2% | 93.3% | -8.4 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 31 | 1% | 93.5% | -11.1 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MKE–DEN | Milwaukee to Denver | 285 | 83.5% | -0.2 min | 0.0% |
| MKE–ATL | Milwaukee to Atlanta | 214 | 96.7% | -10.2 min | 0.5% |
| MKE–ORD | Milwaukee to Chicago | 177 | 85.3% | 5.5 min | 0.6% |
| MKE–MCO | Milwaukee to Orlando | 144 | 88.2% | -2.5 min | 0.0% |
| MKE–LAS | Milwaukee to Las Vegas | 142 | 88.0% | -3.4 min | 0.7% |
| MKE–MSP | Milwaukee to Minneapolis | 139 | 88.5% | -3.3 min | 0.0% |
| MKE–DTW | Milwaukee to Detroit | 118 | 94.1% | -10.5 min | 0.8% |
| MKE–DCA | Milwaukee to Washington | 111 | 84.7% | 7.2 min | 0.0% |
| MKE–LGA | Milwaukee to New York | 111 | 94.6% | -13.0 min | 0.0% |
| MKE–PHX | Milwaukee to Phoenix | 100 | 83.0% | 3.3 min | 1.0% |
| MKE–EWR | Milwaukee to Newark | 93 | 86.0% | -6.3 min | 0.0% |
| MKE–CLT | Milwaukee to Charlotte | 90 | 88.9% | 2.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MKE on time in October 2023?
87.3% of 2,489 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 87.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 83.8% and 84.0%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
October 2022 is outside the 36 months on file, or the airport had too few reported flights that month.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for October 2023; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MKE · methodology · corrections.