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Airport month · January 2024
General Mitchell International in January 2024
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 January 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,161 domestic departures from General Mitchell International (MKE). 72.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 66.9% reached their destination on time; 6.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 74.0% of flights departed on time and 72.9% arrived on time, so MKE departures were 2.0 points below the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MKE that month were on time 68.8% of the time (2,159 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 20%.
- On time 66.9%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 26.3%
- Cancelled 6.7%
- Diverted 0.1%
January 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2024 | Year earlier | MKE, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 72.0% | — | 77.6% | 74.0% |
| Arrived on time | 66.9% | — | 76.2% | 72.9% |
| Cancelled | 6.7% | — | 2.3% | 3.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 24.9 min | — | 17.8 min | 18.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 72 | — | 80 | 18,242 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,161 | — | 29,355 | 547,271 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 772 | 36% | 69.8% | 6.6 min | 6.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 346 | 16% | 59.0% | 32.1 min | 9.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 298 | 14% | 72.5% | 13.3 min | 3.0% |
| AA American Airlines | 229 | 11% | 59.0% | 36.9 min | 5.2% |
| YX Republic Airline | 129 | 6% | 70.5% | 12.7 min | 8.5% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 93 | 4% | 69.9% | 20.2 min | 2.2% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 83 | 4% | 56.6% | 48.4 min | 16.9% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 54 | 2% | 72.2% | 2.4 min | 3.7% |
| UA United Airlines | 53 | 2% | 71.7% | 0.3 min | 3.8% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 46 | 2% | 63.0% | 63.6 min | 10.9% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 34 | 2% | 73.5% | 10.8 min | 2.9% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 24 | 1% | 70.8% | -9.5 min | 16.7% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MKE–DEN | Milwaukee to Denver | 215 | 77.2% | -2.1 min | 6.0% |
| MKE–ATL | Milwaukee to Atlanta | 189 | 68.3% | 11.7 min | 3.2% |
| MKE–MCO | Milwaukee to Orlando | 165 | 66.1% | 16.5 min | 4.8% |
| MKE–ORD | Milwaukee to Chicago | 156 | 57.1% | 28.1 min | 12.2% |
| MKE–LAS | Milwaukee to Las Vegas | 116 | 75.9% | 0.9 min | 2.6% |
| MKE–MSP | Milwaukee to Minneapolis | 115 | 73.9% | 16.4 min | 3.5% |
| MKE–DCA | Milwaukee to Washington | 113 | 61.9% | 25.1 min | 13.3% |
| MKE–PHX | Milwaukee to Phoenix | 100 | 69.0% | 10.0 min | 5.0% |
| MKE–LGA | Milwaukee to New York | 96 | 56.3% | 44.8 min | 11.5% |
| MKE–DTW | Milwaukee to Detroit | 95 | 68.4% | 32.5 min | 5.3% |
| MKE–DFW | Milwaukee to Dallas/Fort Worth | 93 | 57.0% | 54.3 min | 6.5% |
| MKE–CLT | Milwaukee to Charlotte | 88 | 55.7% | 36.4 min | 8.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MKE on time in January 2024?
72.0% of 2,161 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 66.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 74.0% and 72.9%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
January 2023 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 January 2024; 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.