General Mitchell International in August 2024

81.7%departed on time

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 August 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,598 domestic departures from General Mitchell International (MKE). 81.7% left less than 15 minutes late and 80.2% reached their destination on time; 2.0% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 75.4% of flights departed on time and 74.7% arrived on time, so MKE departures were 6.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in August 2023, the airport had 2,333 departures with 79.3% leaving on time: a change of +2.4 points, with flights up 11%.

Flights arriving at MKE that month were on time 73.1% of the time (2,600 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 38%, air carrier 34% and national aviation system 25%.

On time 80.2%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 17.5%
Cancelled 2.0%
Diverted 0.3%

Every scheduled departure from MKE in August 2024, judged by arrival at the destination.

August 2024 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Aug 2024	Aug 2023	MKE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Aug 2024
Departed on time	81.7%	79.3%	77.6%	75.4%
Arrived on time	80.2%	79.1%	76.2%	74.7%
Cancelled	2.0%	1.4%	2.3%	2.1%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	12.8 min	14.2 min	17.8 min	18.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	87	78	80	20,634
Scheduled departures	2,598	2,333	29,355	619,025

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	778	30%	85.1%	0.4 min	0.9%
OO SkyWest Airlines	464	18%	76.1%	9.6 min	2.4%
DL Delta Air Lines	457	18%	87.5%	-2.1 min	0.2%
AA American Airlines	287	11%	73.9%	13.4 min	1.4%
YX Republic Airline	169	7%	69.8%	3.8 min	9.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	100	4%	85.0%	1.2 min	1.0%
9E Endeavor Air	71	3%	63.4%	10.0 min	7.0%
OH PSA Airlines	65	3%	76.9%	13.0 min	1.5%
B6 JetBlue Airways	62	2%	71.0%	7.9 min	4.8%
UA United Airlines	62	2%	77.4%	6.0 min	3.2%
AS Alaska Airlines	56	2%	82.1%	0.3 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	27	1%	77.8%	5.2 min	3.7%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MKE–DEN	Milwaukee to Denver	249	80.3%	4.1 min	1.2%
MKE–ORD	Milwaukee to Chicago	228	76.3%	9.1 min	0.4%
MKE–ATL	Milwaukee to Atlanta	226	92.5%	-8.1 min	0.9%
MKE–MSP	Milwaukee to Minneapolis	146	72.6%	12.5 min	0.0%
MKE–DTW	Milwaukee to Detroit	138	87.0%	-0.9 min	0.0%
MKE–DFW	Milwaukee to Dallas/Fort Worth	130	80.8%	4.6 min	1.5%
MKE–MCO	Milwaukee to Orlando	124	83.1%	2.5 min	2.4%
MKE–DCA	Milwaukee to Washington	118	82.2%	6.2 min	1.7%
MKE–LAS	Milwaukee to Las Vegas	117	84.6%	1.2 min	0.0%
MKE–PHX	Milwaukee to Phoenix	115	77.4%	4.2 min	1.7%
MKE–LGA	Milwaukee to New York	114	74.6%	9.7 min	8.8%
MKE–BWI	Milwaukee to Baltimore	104	78.8%	5.8 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

On-time share:under 62%6270768288% and over

Share of departures that left less than 15 minutes late, by scheduled hour (local time), August 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Aug 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	34.3%	33.8%	10,818
Late-arriving aircraft	37.9%	39.8%	11,971
National Aviation System	25.0%	20.4%	7,891
Extreme weather	2.8%	5.9%	868
Security	0.0%	0.1%	10

31,558 delay minutes on 455 flights that arrived 15 or more minutes late and carried a cause report. Carriers assign the categories; see what each category means.

Questions and answers

How many flights left MKE on time in August 2024?

81.7% of 2,598 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 80.2% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.4% and 74.7%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In August 2023, 79.3% of 2,333 departures left on time and 1.4% were cancelled, against 81.7% and 2.0% in August 2024.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for August 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.