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Airport month · March 2024
General Mitchell International in March 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 March 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,604 domestic departures from General Mitchell International (MKE). 80.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.6% reached their destination on time; 0.9% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 78.5% of flights departed on time and 78.3% arrived on time, so MKE departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.
Flights arriving at MKE that month were on time 76.9% of the time (2,602 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 44%, air carrier 27% and national aviation system 26%.
- On time 79.6%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.4%
- Cancelled 0.9%
- Diverted 0.1%
March 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Mar 2024 | Year earlier | MKE, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Mar 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 80.3% | — | 77.6% | 78.5% |
| Arrived on time | 79.6% | — | 76.2% | 78.3% |
| Cancelled | 0.9% | — | 2.3% | 0.9% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 14.7 min | — | 17.8 min | 15.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 87 | — | 80 | 19,726 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,604 | — | 29,355 | 591,767 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 1,025 | 39% | 76.3% | 6.4 min | 1.3% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 338 | 13% | 84.6% | -0.8 min | 0.3% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 325 | 12% | 84.3% | -1.0 min | 0.6% |
| AA American Airlines | 218 | 8% | 67.4% | 20.9 min | 0.9% |
| 9E Endeavor Air | 123 | 5% | 84.6% | 4.9 min | 0.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 119 | 5% | 84.0% | 13.5 min | 0.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 111 | 4% | 92.8% | -13.8 min | 0.9% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 88 | 3% | 78.4% | 6.0 min | 3.4% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 75 | 3% | 73.3% | 8.9 min | 1.3% |
| B6 JetBlue Airways | 62 | 2% | 79.0% | 4.4 min | 0.0% |
| UA United Airlines | 62 | 2% | 83.9% | -3.0 min | 0.0% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 31 | 1% | 90.3% | -13.7 min | 0.0% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MKE–MCO | Milwaukee to Orlando | 248 | 71.8% | 12.1 min | 1.6% |
| MKE–DEN | Milwaukee to Denver | 228 | 82.5% | -5.0 min | 2.2% |
| MKE–ORD | Milwaukee to Chicago | 203 | 84.7% | -1.1 min | 0.5% |
| MKE–ATL | Milwaukee to Atlanta | 194 | 80.4% | 3.7 min | 0.0% |
| MKE–PHX | Milwaukee to Phoenix | 138 | 74.6% | 6.7 min | 0.7% |
| MKE–LAS | Milwaukee to Las Vegas | 130 | 76.2% | 1.8 min | 0.8% |
| MKE–MSP | Milwaukee to Minneapolis | 119 | 90.8% | -6.6 min | 0.8% |
| MKE–DTW | Milwaukee to Detroit | 115 | 78.3% | 7.4 min | 0.0% |
| MKE–DCA | Milwaukee to Washington | 114 | 83.3% | -1.6 min | 0.0% |
| MKE–LGA | Milwaukee to New York | 109 | 86.2% | 4.9 min | 0.0% |
| MKE–TPA | Milwaukee to Tampa | 97 | 70.1% | 17.5 min | 2.1% |
| MKE–CLT | Milwaukee to Charlotte | 93 | 77.4% | 21.4 min | 0.0% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MKE on time in March 2024?
80.3% of 2,604 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.5% and 78.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
March 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 March 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.