Marquette Sawyer Regional in December 2025

58.2%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 December 2025, reporting carriers scheduled 122 domestic departures from Marquette Sawyer Regional (MQT). 58.2% left less than 15 minutes late and 56.6% reached their destination on time; 12.3% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.0% of flights departed on time and 71.9% arrived on time, so MQT departures were 13.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in December 2024, the airport had 62 departures with 58.1% leaving on time: a change of +0.1 points, with flights up 97%.

Flights arriving at MQT that month were on time 50.8% of the time (122 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 54%, extreme weather 20% and late-arriving aircraft 18%.

On time 56.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 31.1%
Cancelled 12.3%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MQT in December 2025, judged by arrival at the destination.

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

Measure	Dec 2025	Dec 2024	MQT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Dec 2025
Departed on time	58.2%	58.1%	71.6%	72.0%
Arrived on time	56.6%	66.1%	69.8%	71.9%
Cancelled	12.3%	4.8%	5.6%	1.5%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	49.7 min	39.5 min	33.5 min	21.2 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	2	4	19,410
Scheduled departures	122	62	1,432	582,304

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
OO SkyWest Airlines	62	51%	62.9%	35.3 min	11.3%
MQ Envoy Air	60	49%	50.0%	49.5 min	13.3%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQT–ORD	Marquette to Chicago	60	50.0%	49.5 min	13.3%
MQT–DTW	Marquette to Detroit	31	61.3%	34.8 min	9.7%
MQT–MSP	Marquette to Minneapolis	31	64.5%	35.7 min	12.9%

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), December 2025.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Dec 2025	Minutes
Air carrier	54.4%	33.3%	2,821
Late-arriving aircraft	17.8%	41.1%	921
National Aviation System	8.1%	19.1%	418
Extreme weather	19.8%	6.4%	1,028
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,188 delay minutes on 38 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 MQT on time in December 2025?

58.2% of 122 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 56.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.0% and 71.9%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In December 2024, 58.1% of 62 departures left on time and 4.8% were cancelled, against 58.2% and 12.3% in December 2025.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for December 2025; public domain. Domestic scheduled flights by reporting carriers, totals and averages only. The site's data runs through July 2026. Full record for MQT · methodology · corrections.