General Mitchell International in November 2025

78.3%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 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 2,230 domestic departures from General Mitchell International (MKE). 78.3% left less than 15 minutes late and 75.6% reached their destination on time; 4.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 78.1% of flights departed on time and 77.3% arrived on time, so MKE departures were level with the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in November 2024, the airport had 2,215 departures with 87.0% leaving on time: a change of −8.7 points, with flights up 1%.

Flights arriving at MKE that month were on time 75.0% of the time (2,227 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 37%, national aviation system 31% and late-arriving aircraft 28%.

On time 75.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 19.9%
Cancelled 4.3%
Diverted 0.2%

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

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

Measure	Nov 2025	Nov 2024	MKE, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Nov 2025
Departed on time	78.3%	87.0%	77.6%	78.1%
Arrived on time	75.6%	86.0%	76.2%	77.3%
Cancelled	4.3%	0.4%	2.3%	2.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	15.5 min	9.9 min	17.8 min	15.6 min
Scheduled departures a day	74	74	80	19,018
Scheduled departures	2,230	2,215	29,355	570,550

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
WN Southwest Airlines	832	37%	77.3%	3.7 min	1.4%
OO SkyWest Airlines	537	24%	70.6%	17.1 min	8.0%
DL Delta Air Lines	284	13%	84.2%	-6.8 min	2.1%
AA American Airlines	206	9%	73.3%	8.3 min	3.9%
YX Republic Airline	203	9%	68.5%	3.3 min	11.8%
UA United Airlines	59	3%	93.2%	-7.7 min	0.0%
OH PSA Airlines	54	2%	70.4%	47.7 min	3.7%
AS Alaska Airlines	33	1%	72.7%	4.2 min	0.0%
F9 Frontier Airlines	11	0%	72.7%	-0.6 min	0.0%
NK Spirit Airlines	9	0%	88.9%	-17.3 min	0.0%
MQ Envoy Air	2	0%	100.0%	-12.0 min	0.0%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MKE–ORD	Milwaukee to Chicago	465	66.2%	16.7 min	10.3%
MKE–ATL	Milwaukee to Atlanta	176	84.7%	-6.7 min	1.7%
MKE–DEN	Milwaukee to Denver	171	82.5%	-1.2 min	0.6%
MKE–PHX	Milwaukee to Phoenix	132	77.3%	5.0 min	3.0%
MKE–DTW	Milwaukee to Detroit	115	83.5%	12.2 min	2.6%
MKE–DCA	Milwaukee to Washington	110	71.8%	24.1 min	2.7%
MKE–MCO	Milwaukee to Orlando	109	79.8%	2.1 min	0.9%
MKE–MSP	Milwaukee to Minneapolis	95	86.3%	-4.3 min	3.2%
MKE–DFW	Milwaukee to Dallas/Fort Worth	88	67.0%	6.9 min	3.4%
MKE–BNA	Milwaukee to Nashville	76	71.1%	6.5 min	2.6%
MKE–CLT	Milwaukee to Charlotte	76	77.6%	17.9 min	1.3%
MKE–LAS	Milwaukee to Las Vegas	74	78.4%	-1.1 min	4.1%

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), November 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Nov 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	36.5%	30.2%	13,083
Late-arriving aircraft	27.8%	38.3%	9,978
National Aviation System	30.5%	26.7%	10,927
Extreme weather	5.3%	4.6%	1,894
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

35,882 delay minutes on 444 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 2025?

78.3% of 2,230 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 75.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 78.1% and 77.3%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In November 2024, 87.0% of 2,215 departures left on time and 0.4% were cancelled, against 78.3% and 4.3% in November 2025.

Provenance

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