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Airport month · January 2026
General Mitchell International in January 2026
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 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 2,077 domestic departures from General Mitchell International (MKE). 75.1% left less than 15 minutes late and 70.8% reached their destination on time; 3.7% were cancelled.
Nationally that month, 75.6% of flights departed on time and 75.3% arrived on time, so MKE departures were 0.5 points below the national departure figure.
A year earlier, in January 2025, the airport had 1,929 departures with 82.5% leaving on time: a change of −7.4 points, with flights up 8%.
Flights arriving at MKE that month were on time 70.5% of the time (2,078 scheduled arrivals).
Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 53%, national aviation system 21% and late-arriving aircraft 17%.
- On time 70.8%
- Arrived 15+ minutes late 25.2%
- Cancelled 3.7%
- Diverted 0.3%
January 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation
| Measure | Jan 2026 | Jan 2025 | MKE, 12 months to Jul 2026 | All reported flights, Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Departed on time | 75.1% | 82.5% | 77.6% | 75.6% |
| Arrived on time | 70.8% | 81.7% | 76.2% | 75.3% |
| Cancelled | 3.7% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 4.7% |
| Average departure delay (late minutes only) | 19.7 min | 13.2 min | 17.8 min | 16.7 min |
| Scheduled departures a day | 69 | 64 | 80 | 18,133 |
| Scheduled departures | 2,077 | 1,929 | 29,355 | 544,003 |
Airlines that month
| Reporting carrier | Flights | Share | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WN Southwest Airlines | 722 | 35% | 77.8% | 0.5 min | 2.4% |
| OO SkyWest Airlines | 507 | 24% | 64.7% | 20.6 min | 1.8% |
| DL Delta Air Lines | 226 | 11% | 76.5% | 8.1 min | 4.9% |
| AA American Airlines | 200 | 10% | 59.5% | 38.8 min | 8.0% |
| YX Republic Airline | 161 | 8% | 69.6% | 4.1 min | 8.1% |
| MQ Envoy Air | 66 | 3% | 71.2% | -4.6 min | 3.0% |
| OH PSA Airlines | 63 | 3% | 66.7% | 4.8 min | 11.1% |
| UA United Airlines | 62 | 3% | 66.1% | 10.7 min | 0.0% |
| F9 Frontier Airlines | 38 | 2% | 68.4% | 6.8 min | 2.6% |
| AS Alaska Airlines | 25 | 1% | 60.0% | 23.2 min | 0.0% |
| NK Spirit Airlines | 7 | 0% | 71.4% | -12.3 min | 14.3% |
Busiest routes that month
| Route | Cities | Flights | On time | Avg arrival delay | Cancelled |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MKE–ORD | Milwaukee to Chicago | 372 | 64.8% | 16.8 min | 3.0% |
| MKE–ATL | Milwaukee to Atlanta | 169 | 78.1% | 8.1 min | 5.3% |
| MKE–DEN | Milwaukee to Denver | 155 | 78.1% | 3.3 min | 0.6% |
| MKE–MCO | Milwaukee to Orlando | 135 | 69.6% | 6.7 min | 1.5% |
| MKE–DCA | Milwaukee to Washington | 115 | 67.8% | 4.2 min | 9.6% |
| MKE–MSP | Milwaukee to Minneapolis | 113 | 69.9% | 17.2 min | 0.0% |
| MKE–PHX | Milwaukee to Phoenix | 113 | 69.0% | 25.7 min | 1.8% |
| MKE–DTW | Milwaukee to Detroit | 103 | 65.0% | 23.3 min | 1.9% |
| MKE–DFW | Milwaukee to Dallas/Fort Worth | 93 | 59.1% | 45.2 min | 10.8% |
| MKE–BNA | Milwaukee to Nashville | 70 | 78.6% | -1.7 min | 7.1% |
| MKE–LAS | Milwaukee to Las Vegas | 70 | 80.0% | -3.0 min | 1.4% |
| MKE–LGA | Milwaukee to New York | 63 | 71.4% | 9.4 min | 9.5% |
By scheduled departure hour
Delay causes
Questions and answers
How many flights left MKE on time in January 2026?
75.1% of 2,077 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 70.8% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 75.6% and 75.3%.
How does that compare with a year earlier?
In January 2025, 82.5% of 1,929 departures left on time and 2.3% were cancelled, against 75.1% and 3.7% in January 2026.
Provenance
Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for January 2026; 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.