Marquette Sawyer Regional in March 2026

50.0%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 March 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 116 domestic departures from Marquette Sawyer Regional (MQT). 50.0% left less than 15 minutes late and 48.3% reached their destination on time; 20.7% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 72.8% of flights departed on time and 73.2% arrived on time, so MQT departures were 22.8 points below the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in March 2025, the airport had 93 departures with 71.0% leaving on time: a change of −21.0 points, with flights up 25%.

Flights arriving at MQT that month were on time 49.1% of the time (116 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, late-arriving aircraft 33%, extreme weather 32% and air carrier 25%.

On time 48.3%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 31.0%
Cancelled 20.7%
Diverted 0.0%

Every scheduled departure from MQT in March 2026, judged by arrival at the destination.

March 2026 against a year earlier, the airport's year and the nation

Measure	Mar 2026	Mar 2025	MQT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, Mar 2026
Departed on time	50.0%	71.0%	71.6%	72.8%
Arrived on time	48.3%	69.9%	69.8%	73.2%
Cancelled	20.7%	15.1%	5.6%	2.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	56.9 min	27.6 min	33.5 min	20.3 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	3	4	20,403
Scheduled departures	116	93	1,432	612,102

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	62	53%	51.6%	66.4 min	16.1%
OO SkyWest Airlines	54	47%	44.4%	26.2 min	25.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQT–ORD	Marquette to Chicago	62	51.6%	66.4 min	16.1%
MQT–DTW	Marquette to Detroit	31	41.9%	16.1 min	35.5%
MQT–MSP	Marquette to Minneapolis	23	47.8%	36.3 min	13.0%

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), March 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, Mar 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	25.4%	33.5%	1,326
Late-arriving aircraft	32.6%	39.3%	1,701
National Aviation System	10.1%	21.0%	527
Extreme weather	31.8%	5.9%	1,659
Security	0.0%	0.2%	0

5,213 delay minutes on 36 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 March 2026?

50.0% of 116 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 48.3% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 72.8% and 73.2%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In March 2025, 71.0% of 93 departures left on time and 15.1% were cancelled, against 50.0% and 20.7% in March 2026.

Provenance

Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance, file for March 2026; 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.