Appleton International Airport (ATW) delays & on-time performance
Appleton, Wisconsin · 23 nonstop destinations · 6 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at ATW right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.
On-time arrivals
78%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
2.7%
204 flights
Avg arrival delay
23 min
99 min when late
Departed on time
80%
avg taxi-out 19 min
Figures cover 7,698 departures from ATW; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into ATW were on time 76% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing Appleton International Airport (ATW) arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, in line with the national average.
- 2.7% were cancelled, and 10% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (83% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (73%).
- Departures scheduled around 7am did best (88% on time); around 5pm did worst (58%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (43%).
Most delayed routes from ATW
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ORD · Chicago71%2,430 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis74%919 flts
- DTW · Detroit79%1,069 flts
- DEN · Denver82%411 flts
- CLT · Charlotte82%394 flts
- ATL · Atlanta83%366 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth89%426 flts
Most reliable routes from ATW
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth89%426 flts
- ATL · Atlanta83%366 flts
- CLT · Charlotte82%394 flts
- DEN · Denver82%411 flts
- DTW · Detroit79%1,069 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis74%919 flts
- ORD · Chicago71%2,430 flts
Best airline at ATW
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Airlines | 89% | 0.0% | 7 min | 1 | 71 |
| Delta Air Lines | 83% | 1.8% | 19 min | 2 | 434 |
| Allegiant Air | 82% | 1.3% | 23 min | 16 | 1,722 |
| Envoy Air | 82% | 2.8% | 14 min | 4 | 1,819 |
| PSA Airlines | 73% | 5.5% | 22 min | 1 | 183 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 73% | 3.2% | 28 min | 4 | 3,469 |
Best time to fly out of ATW
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am85%583 flts
- 6am83%1,378 flts
- 7am88%809 flts
- 8am84%514 flts
- 9am84%378 flts
- 10am78%285 flts
- 11am76%506 flts
- 12pm72%491 flts
- 1pm76%181 flts
- 2pm76%487 flts
- 3pm74%378 flts
- 4pm70%555 flts
- 5pm58%408 flts
- 6pm70%625 flts
- 7pm53%80 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)43%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion24%
- Late-arriving aircraft19%
- Extreme weather14%
- Security0%
Data: U.S. DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026 (12 months). Latest month published by BTS: July 2026. How we calculate this.