General Mitchell International in January 2025

82.5%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 January 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,929 domestic departures from General Mitchell International (MKE). 82.5% left less than 15 minutes late and 81.7% reached their destination on time; 2.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.3% of flights departed on time and 78.6% arrived on time, so MKE departures were 3.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in January 2024, the airport had 2,161 departures with 72.0% leaving on time: a change of +10.5 points, with flights down 11%.

Flights arriving at MKE that month were on time 76.7% of the time (1,931 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 32% and national aviation system 17%.

On time 81.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 15.9%
Cancelled 2.3%
Diverted 0.1%

Every scheduled departure from MKE in January 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

January 2025 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Jan 2025	Jan 2024	MKE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jan 2025
Departed on time	82.5%	72.0%	77.6%	79.3%
Arrived on time	81.7%	66.9%	76.2%	78.6%
Cancelled	2.3%	6.7%	2.3%	3.0%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.2 min	24.9 min	17.8 min	14.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	64	72	80	17,992
Scheduled departures	1,929	2,161	29,355	539,747

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	721	37%	86.3%	-7.2 min	2.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	372	19%	75.0%	9.4 min	1.1%
DL Delta Air Lines	239	12%	83.3%	-3.0 min	3.3%
AA American Airlines	225	12%	75.6%	5.8 min	4.4%
YX Republic Airline	164	9%	88.4%	-10.5 min	1.2%
OH PSA Airlines	67	3%	67.2%	10.8 min	9.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	31	2%	87.1%	-4.7 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	31	2%	83.9%	2.7 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	31	2%	74.2%	0.2 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	28	1%	78.6%	2.6 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	20	1%	90.0%	-15.9 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MKE–ORD	Milwaukee to Chicago	217	76.5%	9.4 min	1.4%
MKE–ATL	Milwaukee to Atlanta	185	82.7%	-3.5 min	4.9%
MKE–DEN	Milwaukee to Denver	158	81.0%	-3.4 min	0.0%
MKE–MCO	Milwaukee to Orlando	131	87.0%	-5.8 min	0.8%
MKE–DFW	Milwaukee to Dallas/Fort Worth	116	70.7%	6.1 min	6.0%
MKE–DCA	Milwaukee to Washington	109	77.1%	-1.2 min	7.3%
MKE–PHX	Milwaukee to Phoenix	107	88.8%	-9.3 min	0.0%
MKE–DTW	Milwaukee to Detroit	97	76.3%	10.8 min	0.0%
MKE–CLT	Milwaukee to Charlotte	82	79.3%	5.8 min	3.7%
MKE–LAS	Milwaukee to Las Vegas	77	81.8%	-7.8 min	0.0%
MKE–MSP	Milwaukee to Minneapolis	67	82.1%	5.6 min	0.0%
MKE–BNA	Milwaukee to Nashville	62	80.6%	4.3 min	3.2%

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), January 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jan 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	46.6%	36.2%	10,657
Late-arriving aircraft	32.3%	34.7%	7,391
National Aviation System	16.9%	19.9%	3,871
Extreme weather	4.2%	9.1%	950
Security	0.0%	0.2%	2

22,871 delay minutes on 306 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 January 2025?

82.5% of 1,929 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 81.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.3% and 78.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In January 2024, 72.0% of 2,161 departures left on time and 6.7% were cancelled, against 82.5% and 2.3% in January 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2025; 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.