General Mitchell International in October 2024

87.9%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 October 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,566 domestic departures from General Mitchell International (MKE). 87.9% left less than 15 minutes late and 88.9% reached their destination on time; 0.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.5% of flights departed on time and 85.8% arrived on time, so MKE departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2023, the airport had 2,489 departures with 87.3% leaving on time: a change of +0.6 points, with flights up 3%.

Flights arriving at MKE that month were on time 86.3% of the time (2,564 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 60%, late-arriving aircraft 30% and national aviation system 9%.

On time 88.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 10.3%
Cancelled 0.7%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2024	Oct 2023	MKE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2024
Departed on time	87.9%	87.3%	77.6%	85.5%
Arrived on time	88.9%	87.9%	76.2%	85.8%
Cancelled	0.7%	0.3%	2.3%	1.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	10.2 min	9.2 min	17.8 min	9.4 min
Scheduled departures a day	86	83	80	20,517
Scheduled departures	2,566	2,489	29,355	615,497

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	816	32%	88.5%	-4.1 min	1.7%
OO SkyWest Airlines	516	20%	85.7%	-1.3 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	406	16%	95.1%	-7.1 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	257	10%	83.7%	12.7 min	0.4%
YX Republic Airline	159	6%	90.6%	-8.4 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	105	4%	89.5%	-1.2 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	81	3%	88.9%	-13.3 min	3.7%
9E Endeavor Air	75	3%	97.3%	-13.1 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	58	2%	91.4%	2.7 min	1.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	44	2%	79.5%	19.1 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	32	1%	93.8%	-7.8 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	17	1%	82.4%	-0.1 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MKE–ORD	Milwaukee to Chicago	251	82.5%	2.2 min	0.0%
MKE–DEN	Milwaukee to Denver	236	89.0%	-3.7 min	0.4%
MKE–ATL	Milwaukee to Atlanta	222	95.9%	-6.8 min	0.0%
MKE–MSP	Milwaukee to Minneapolis	138	94.2%	-4.4 min	0.0%
MKE–DTW	Milwaukee to Detroit	137	94.9%	-9.3 min	0.0%
MKE–DFW	Milwaukee to Dallas/Fort Worth	132	85.6%	12.7 min	0.0%
MKE–LAS	Milwaukee to Las Vegas	131	89.3%	-6.9 min	0.0%
MKE–MCO	Milwaukee to Orlando	120	85.0%	-6.0 min	7.5%
MKE–PHX	Milwaukee to Phoenix	120	90.8%	-6.9 min	0.0%
MKE–DCA	Milwaukee to Washington	116	93.1%	-3.7 min	0.0%
MKE–LGA	Milwaukee to New York	116	90.5%	-6.5 min	0.0%
MKE–EWR	Milwaukee to Newark	89	91.0%	-10.2 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), October 2024.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	59.7%	42.7%	13,072
Late-arriving aircraft	30.4%	37.4%	6,664
National Aviation System	9.0%	16.3%	1,967
Extreme weather	0.8%	3.4%	184
Security	0.1%	0.2%	17

21,904 delay minutes on 265 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 October 2024?

87.9% of 2,566 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 88.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.5% and 85.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2023, 87.3% of 2,489 departures left on time and 0.3% were cancelled, against 87.9% and 0.7% in October 2024.

Provenance

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