General Mitchell International in October 2025

81.2%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,564 domestic departures from General Mitchell International (MKE). 81.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 79.3% reached their destination on time; 0.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 80.0% of flights departed on time and 79.1% arrived on time, so MKE departures were 1.2 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in October 2024, the airport had 2,566 departures with 87.9% leaving on time: a change of −6.7 points, with flights down 0%.

Flights arriving at MKE that month were on time 79.4% of the time (2,564 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 47%, late-arriving aircraft 29% and national aviation system 22%.

On time 79.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 20.3%
Cancelled 0.3%
Diverted 0.1%

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

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

Measure	Oct 2025	Oct 2024	MKE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Oct 2025
Departed on time	81.2%	87.9%	77.6%	80.0%
Arrived on time	79.3%	88.9%	76.2%	79.1%
Cancelled	0.3%	0.7%	2.3%	0.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.9 min	10.2 min	17.8 min	13.9 min
Scheduled departures a day	86	86	80	20,195
Scheduled departures	2,564	2,566	29,355	605,844

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	878	34%	83.4%	4.1 min	0.0%
OO SkyWest Airlines	611	24%	69.2%	20.0 min	0.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	381	15%	90.6%	-4.5 min	0.0%
AA American Airlines	184	7%	81.5%	12.0 min	1.6%
YX Republic Airline	182	7%	68.1%	17.9 min	2.2%
OH PSA Airlines	155	6%	85.8%	4.9 min	0.6%
UA United Airlines	80	3%	80.0%	2.4 min	0.0%
AS Alaska Airlines	34	1%	76.5%	1.8 min	0.0%
B6 JetBlue Airways	25	1%	44.0%	34.9 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	24	1%	70.8%	15.0 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	10	0%	80.0%	-3.2 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MKE–ORD	Milwaukee to Chicago	463	61.8%	27.9 min	0.0%
MKE–DEN	Milwaukee to Denver	233	83.7%	3.1 min	0.0%
MKE–ATL	Milwaukee to Atlanta	201	94.0%	-10.8 min	0.0%
MKE–DTW	Milwaukee to Detroit	136	89.7%	-1.5 min	0.0%
MKE–MSP	Milwaukee to Minneapolis	126	87.3%	2.6 min	0.0%
MKE–PHX	Milwaukee to Phoenix	120	89.2%	13.9 min	0.0%
MKE–DCA	Milwaukee to Washington	116	75.9%	18.5 min	0.0%
MKE–LAS	Milwaukee to Las Vegas	109	84.4%	4.2 min	0.0%
MKE–MCO	Milwaukee to Orlando	103	77.7%	8.1 min	0.0%
MKE–DFW	Milwaukee to Dallas/Fort Worth	92	77.2%	2.7 min	2.2%
MKE–BNA	Milwaukee to Nashville	89	77.5%	14.9 min	0.0%
MKE–BWI	Milwaukee to Baltimore	87	89.7%	-0.8 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), October 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Oct 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	46.6%	34.0%	19,174
Late-arriving aircraft	29.1%	39.7%	11,973
National Aviation System	22.4%	22.9%	9,197
Extreme weather	1.8%	3.3%	742
Security	0.1%	0.1%	48

41,134 delay minutes on 520 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 2025?

81.2% of 2,564 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 79.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 80.0% and 79.1%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In October 2024, 87.9% of 2,566 departures left on time and 0.7% were cancelled, against 81.2% and 0.3% in October 2025.

Provenance

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