Marquette Sawyer Regional in May 2026

85.4%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 May 2026, reporting carriers scheduled 130 domestic departures from Marquette Sawyer Regional (MQT). 85.4% left less than 15 minutes late and 84.6% reached their destination on time; 1.5% were cancelled.

Nationally that month, 77.1% of flights departed on time and 77.6% arrived on time, so MQT departures were 8.3 points above the national departure figure.

A year earlier, in May 2025, the airport had 120 departures with 89.2% leaving on time: a change of −3.8 points, with flights up 8%.

Flights arriving at MQT that month were on time 80.8% of the time (130 scheduled arrivals).

Of the delay minutes that carriers assigned to a BTS cause category that month, air carrier 34%, national aviation system 31% and late-arriving aircraft 30%.

On time 84.6%
Arrived 15+ minutes late 13.1%
Cancelled 1.5%
Diverted 0.8%

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

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

Measure	May 2026	May 2025	MQT, 12 months to Jul 2026	All reported flights, May 2026
Departed on time	85.4%	89.2%	71.6%	77.1%
Arrived on time	84.6%	82.5%	69.8%	77.6%
Cancelled	1.5%	0.0%	5.6%	0.9%
Average departure delay (late minutes only)	21.1 min	9.8 min	33.5 min	16.0 min
Scheduled departures a day	4	4	4	20,391
Scheduled departures	130	120	1,432	611,735

Airlines that month

Reporting carrier	Flights	Share	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQ Envoy Air	76	58%	85.5%	4.1 min	1.3%
OO SkyWest Airlines	54	42%	83.3%	1.3 min	1.9%

Busiest routes that month

Route	Cities	Flights	On time	Avg arrival delay	Cancelled
MQT–ORD	Marquette to Chicago	76	85.5%	4.1 min	1.3%
MQT–DTW	Marquette to Detroit	31	93.5%	-4.6 min	3.2%
MQT–MSP	Marquette to Minneapolis	23	69.6%	8.9 min	0.0%

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), May 2026.

Delay causes

BTS cause category	Share of delay minutes	National, May 2026	Minutes
Air carrier	34.3%	33.0%	832
Late-arriving aircraft	30.0%	40.4%	729
National Aviation System	30.7%	20.5%	746
Extreme weather	5.0%	6.0%	122
Security	0.0%	0.1%	0

2,429 delay minutes on 17 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 May 2026?

85.4% of 130 scheduled domestic departures left less than 15 minutes late, and 84.6% reached their destination on time. The national figures that month were 77.1% and 77.6%.

How does that compare with a year earlier?

In May 2025, 89.2% of 120 departures left on time and 0.0% were cancelled, against 85.4% and 1.5% in May 2026.

Provenance

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