General Mitchell International in July 2025

73.4%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 July 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,589 domestic departures from General Mitchell International (MKE). 73.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 71.7% reached their destination on time; 2.8% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 69.7% of flights departed on time and 69.0% arrived on time, so MKE departures were 3.7 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in July 2024, the airport had 2,613 departures with 74.0% leaving on time: a change of −0.6 points, with flights down 1%.

Flights arriving at MKE that month were on time 67.6% of the time (2,588 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 37%, air carrier 32% and national aviation system 23%.

On time 71.7%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.0%
Cancelled 2.8%
Diverted 0.5%

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

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

Measure	Jul 2025	Jul 2024	MKE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Jul 2025
Departed on time	73.4%	74.0%	77.6%	69.7%
Arrived on time	71.7%	73.4%	76.2%	69.0%
Cancelled	2.8%	2.4%	2.3%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	22.9 min	21.4 min	17.8 min	24.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	86	87	80	21,048
Scheduled departures	2,589	2,613	29,355	631,428

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	850	33%	75.1%	10.7 min	1.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	568	22%	63.2%	32.4 min	2.3%
DL Delta Air Lines	407	16%	88.0%	-6.1 min	1.0%
YX Republic Airline	235	9%	63.4%	27.1 min	10.2%
AA American Airlines	183	7%	72.1%	14.6 min	2.2%
OH PSA Airlines	114	4%	56.1%	37.8 min	10.5%
NK Spirit Airlines	72	3%	75.0%	1.1 min	2.8%
AS Alaska Airlines	61	2%	80.3%	1.9 min	0.0%
UA United Airlines	58	2%	65.5%	18.7 min	1.7%
B6 JetBlue Airways	31	1%	35.5%	46.5 min	3.2%
F9 Frontier Airlines	9	0%	55.6%	59.0 min	11.1%
MQ Envoy Air	1	0%	0.0%	—	100.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MKE–ORD	Milwaukee to Chicago	395	55.2%	43.1 min	3.8%
MKE–DEN	Milwaukee to Denver	268	70.5%	17.5 min	0.7%
MKE–ATL	Milwaukee to Atlanta	199	87.4%	-7.2 min	0.5%
MKE–MSP	Milwaukee to Minneapolis	143	85.3%	-4.6 min	1.4%
MKE–DTW	Milwaukee to Detroit	132	87.9%	0.2 min	1.5%
MKE–DCA	Milwaukee to Washington	120	69.2%	14.1 min	9.2%
MKE–PHX	Milwaukee to Phoenix	114	81.6%	6.8 min	0.0%
MKE–LAS	Milwaukee to Las Vegas	106	76.4%	8.7 min	0.9%
MKE–MCO	Milwaukee to Orlando	104	65.4%	16.2 min	0.0%
MKE–BWI	Milwaukee to Baltimore	90	74.4%	12.3 min	4.4%
MKE–DFW	Milwaukee to Dallas/Fort Worth	90	61.1%	26.0 min	4.4%
MKE–BNA	Milwaukee to Nashville	89	77.5%	7.9 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), July 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Jul 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	31.5%	31.1%	17,862
Late-arriving aircraft	37.0%	40.8%	20,942
National Aviation System	23.0%	20.7%	13,024
Extreme weather	8.5%	7.3%	4,807
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

56,635 delay minutes on 647 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 July 2025?

73.4% of 2,589 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 71.7% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 69.7% and 69.0%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In July 2024, 74.0% of 2,613 departures left on time and 2.4% were cancelled, against 73.4% and 2.8% in July 2025.

Provenance

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