General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) delays & on-time performance
Milwaukee, Wisconsin · 35 nonstop destinations · 12 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at MKE 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
2.3%
677 flights
Avg arrival delay
19 min
81 min when late
Departed on time
79%
avg taxi-out 17 min
Figures cover 29,355 departures from MKE; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into MKE were on time 75% of the time.
Key facts
- Flights departing General Mitchell International Airport (MKE) arrived on time 78% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, in line with the national average.
- 2.3% were cancelled, and 8% arrived an hour or more late.
- Delta Air Lines was the most punctual airline here (87% on time); SkyWest Airlines was the least (72%).
- Departures scheduled around 5am did best (90% on time); around 7pm did worst (64%).
- The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (44%).
Most delayed routes from MKE
Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- ORD · Chicago68%5,268 flts
- BOS · Boston72%740 flts
- DFW · Dallas/Fort Worth74%1,084 flts
- DCA · Washington74%1,346 flts
- MCO · Orlando78%1,420 flts
- EWR · Newark78%850 flts
- PHX · Phoenix79%1,453 flts
- DEN · Denver79%2,322 flts
- CLT · Charlotte80%959 flts
- DTW · Detroit80%1,498 flts
Most reliable routes from MKE
Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.
- STL · St. Louis89%684 flts
- ATL · Atlanta89%2,264 flts
- BWI · Baltimore85%826 flts
- SLC · Salt Lake City83%363 flts
- TPA · Tampa82%471 flts
- LAS · Las Vegas82%1,049 flts
- MSP · Minneapolis82%1,559 flts
- LGA · New York82%841 flts
- BNA · Nashville82%971 flts
- DAL · Dallas81%400 flts
Best airline at MKE
Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.
| Airline | On time | Cancelled | Avg delay | Routes | Flights |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Delta Air Lines | 87% | 1.8% | 13 min | 6 | 3,707 |
| Spirit Airlines | 84% | 4.9% | 13 min | 4 | 144 |
| Southwest Airlines | 80% | 0.9% | 12 min | 20 | 9,991 |
| Alaska Airlines | 80% | 0.4% | 9 min | 1 | 509 |
| Republic Airways | 78% | 5.4% | 18 min | 8 | 2,405 |
| PSA Airlines | 78% | 5.2% | 29 min | 5 | 1,322 |
| United Airlines | 77% | 0.1% | 16 min | 2 | 736 |
| American Airlines | 76% | 2.7% | 29 min | 5 | 2,397 |
| Envoy Air | 73% | 4.1% | 18 min | 3 | 219 |
| Frontier Airlines | 73% | 2.2% | 27 min | 6 | 317 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 72% | 3.2% | 27 min | 7 | 7,436 |
| JetBlue | 69% | 0.0% | 19 min | 1 | 172 |
Best time to fly out of MKE
On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).
- 5am90%2,436 flts
- 6am85%3,755 flts
- 7am85%2,649 flts
- 8am81%1,849 flts
- 9am83%1,153 flts
- 10am85%1,897 flts
- 11am77%1,682 flts
- 12pm76%2,180 flts
- 1pm76%1,280 flts
- 2pm78%1,668 flts
- 3pm73%1,651 flts
- 4pm69%1,709 flts
- 5pm68%2,208 flts
- 6pm67%1,956 flts
- 7pm64%916 flts
- 8pm64%330 flts
Monthly trend
Why departures were late
- Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)44%
- Late-arriving aircraft28%
- Air traffic control & airport congestion20%
- Extreme weather8%
- 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.