General Mitchell International in November 2024

87.0%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 November 2024, reporting carriers scheduled 2,215 domestic departures from General Mitchell International (MKE). 87.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 86.0% reached their destination on time; 0.4% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 85.2% of flights departed on time and 84.8% arrived on time, so MKE departures were 1.8 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2023, the airport had 2,280 departures with 87.6% leaving on time: a change of −0.6 points, with flights down 3%.

Flights arriving at MKE that month were on time 84.5% of the time (2,213 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 45%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 16%.

On time 86.0%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.5%
Cancelled 0.4%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2024	Nov 2023	MKE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2024
Departed on time	87.0%	87.6%	77.6%	85.2%
Arrived on time	86.0%	87.2%	76.2%	84.8%
Cancelled	0.4%	0.0%	2.3%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	9.9 min	10.4 min	17.8 min	10.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	74	76	80	19,180
Scheduled departures	2,215	2,280	29,355	575,404

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	754	34%	88.9%	-4.7 min	0.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	497	22%	79.3%	2.8 min	0.6%
DL Delta Air Lines	308	14%	93.5%	-8.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	227	10%	83.7%	5.2 min	0.9%
YX Republic Airline	168	8%	79.2%	0.9 min	0.6%
9E Endeavor Air	74	3%	90.5%	-11.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	55	2%	92.7%	1.6 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	53	2%	92.5%	-11.8 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	30	1%	86.7%	-1.6 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	29	1%	82.8%	2.9 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	20	1%	70.0%	20.4 min	5.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MKE–ORD	Milwaukee to Chicago	260	77.3%	8.2 min	0.8%
MKE–ATL	Milwaukee to Atlanta	203	94.1%	-6.5 min	0.0%
MKE–DEN	Milwaukee to Denver	200	82.0%	-0.3 min	2.0%
MKE–DTW	Milwaukee to Detroit	133	81.2%	2.0 min	0.0%
MKE–MSP	Milwaukee to Minneapolis	131	94.7%	-11.8 min	0.0%
MKE–PHX	Milwaukee to Phoenix	130	86.2%	4.9 min	0.0%
MKE–MCO	Milwaukee to Orlando	125	88.8%	-3.7 min	0.0%
MKE–DCA	Milwaukee to Washington	110	90.9%	-4.6 min	0.0%
MKE–DFW	Milwaukee to Dallas/Fort Worth	108	79.6%	-1.8 min	1.9%
MKE–LGA	Milwaukee to New York	106	90.6%	-11.6 min	0.0%
MKE–LAS	Milwaukee to Las Vegas	99	88.9%	-7.4 min	0.0%
MKE–CLT	Milwaukee to Charlotte	75	86.7%	7.3 min	0.0%

By scheduled departure hour

100

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

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

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2024	Minutes
Air carrier	45.3%	36.9%	9,061
Late-arriving aircraft	32.0%	35.6%	6,409
National Aviation System	15.5%	21.9%	3,104
Extreme weather	7.1%	5.4%	1,425
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

19,999 delay minutes on 298 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 November 2024?

87.0% of 2,215 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 86.0% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 85.2% and 84.8%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2023, 87.6% of 2,280 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 87.0% and 0.4% in November 2024.

Provenance

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