General Mitchell International in February 2025

81.6%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 February 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 1,797 domestic departures from General Mitchell International (MKE). 81.6% left less than 15 minutes late and 78.9% reached their destination on time; 1.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 79.2% of flights departed on time and 77.9% arrived on time, so MKE departures were 2.4 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in February 2024, the airport had 2,118 departures with 87.8% leaving on time: a change of −6.2 points, with flights down 15%.

Flights arriving at MKE that month were on time 75.4% of the time (1,796 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 36%, late-arriving aircraft 33% and national aviation system 26%.

On time 78.9%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.7%
Cancelled 1.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Feb 2025	Feb 2024	MKE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Feb 2025
Departed on time	81.6%	87.8%	77.6%	79.2%
Arrived on time	78.9%	87.4%	76.2%	77.9%
Cancelled	1.3%	0.4%	2.3%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	13.7 min	9.1 min	17.8 min	15.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	60	71	80	16,830
Scheduled departures	1,797	2,118	29,355	504,884

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	688	38%	83.3%	-3.2 min	0.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	348	19%	77.3%	6.6 min	0.9%
DL Delta Air Lines	227	13%	85.0%	-3.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	213	12%	69.0%	18.8 min	0.9%
YX Republic Airline	138	8%	78.3%	-1.1 min	4.3%
OH PSA Airlines	50	3%	48.0%	34.7 min	16.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	35	2%	80.0%	-10.9 min	2.9%
MQ Envoy Air	28	2%	78.6%	3.0 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	28	2%	82.1%	-1.9 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	24	1%	79.2%	-8.2 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	18	1%	66.7%	10.4 min	5.6%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MKE–ORD	Milwaukee to Chicago	196	77.0%	5.3 min	2.0%
MKE–ATL	Milwaukee to Atlanta	171	87.1%	-7.4 min	0.0%
MKE–DEN	Milwaukee to Denver	145	78.6%	1.6 min	0.7%
MKE–MCO	Milwaukee to Orlando	130	80.8%	-0.4 min	0.8%
MKE–PHX	Milwaukee to Phoenix	110	79.1%	0.9 min	0.0%
MKE–DCA	Milwaukee to Washington	94	57.4%	23.9 min	8.5%
MKE–DFW	Milwaukee to Dallas/Fort Worth	93	73.1%	21.2 min	0.0%
MKE–DTW	Milwaukee to Detroit	83	69.9%	13.7 min	0.0%
MKE–LAS	Milwaukee to Las Vegas	79	77.2%	-3.9 min	0.0%
MKE–CLT	Milwaukee to Charlotte	78	66.7%	15.5 min	2.6%
MKE–MSP	Milwaukee to Minneapolis	77	88.3%	-1.2 min	0.0%
MKE–BNA	Milwaukee to Nashville	54	87.0%	-1.9 min	1.9%

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), February 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Feb 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	35.7%	33.9%	8,656
Late-arriving aircraft	32.8%	36.9%	7,939
National Aviation System	26.1%	22.5%	6,312
Extreme weather	5.4%	6.6%	1,301
Security	0.0%	0.1%	12

24,220 delay minutes on 354 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 February 2025?

81.6% of 1,797 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 78.9% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 79.2% and 77.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In February 2024, 87.8% of 2,118 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 81.6% and 1.3% in February 2025.

Provenance

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