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Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport (MQT) delays & on-time performance

Marquette, Michigan · 3 nonstop destinations · 2 airlines · Aug 2025 – Jul 2026

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No FAA-reported ground stops or delays at MQT right now. Individual flights can still be delayed by the airline; check with your airline for your flight.

On-time arrivals
74%
arrived < 15 min late
Cancelled
5.6%
80 flights
Avg arrival delay
34 min
127 min when late
Departed on time
76%
avg taxi-out 18 min

Figures cover 1,432 departures from MQT; on-time is measured at arrival. Arrivals into MQT were on time 74% of the time.

Key facts

  • Flights departing Marquette Sawyer Regional Airport (MQT) arrived on time 74% of the time in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026, worse than the 78% national average.
  • 5.6% were cancelled, and 16% arrived an hour or more late.
  • SkyWest Airlines was the most punctual airline here (75% on time); Envoy Air was the least (73%).
  • Departures scheduled around 12pm did best (88% on time); around 5pm did worst (58%).
  • The largest source of delay minutes was airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling) (39%).

Most delayed routes from MQT

Lowest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

All 3 routes from MQT →

Most reliable routes from MQT

Highest on-time arrival rates among regularly flown routes.

Best airline at MQT

Departures from this airport, ranked by on-time arrival.

AirlineOn timeCancelledAvg delayRoutesFlights
SkyWest Airlines75%6.3%33 min2688
Envoy Air73%5.0%35 min1744

Best time to fly out of MQT

On-time arrival rate by scheduled departure hour (local time).

  • 6am79%53 flts
  • 7am77%519 flts
  • 8am70%156 flts
  • 12pm88%33 flts
  • 1pm74%156 flts
  • 2pm72%91 flts
  • 3pm84%61 flts
  • 4pm69%72 flts
  • 5pm58%127 flts
  • 6pm71%96 flts
  • 7pm70%37 flts

Monthly trend

40%70%100%July 2025: 78.9% on time, 0.0% cancelledJul ’25August 2025: 80.0% on time, 1.4% cancelledAug ’25September 2025: 81.1% on time, 0.0% cancelledSep ’25October 2025: 75.6% on time, 0.0% cancelledOct ’25November 2025: 78.1% on time, 4.2% cancelledNov ’25December 2025: 64.5% on time, 12.3% cancelledDec ’25January 2026: 54.4% on time, 7.2% cancelledJan ’26February 2026: 67.7% on time, 5.0% cancelledFeb ’26March 2026: 60.9% on time, 20.7% cancelledMar ’26April 2026: 76.7% on time, 9.4% cancelledApr ’26May 2026: 86.6% on time, 1.5% cancelledMay ’26June 2026: 77.8% on time, 2.7% cancelledJun ’26July 2026: 72.1% on time, 4.3% cancelledJul ’26
On-time arrival rate by month. Hover a bar for exact figures.

Why departures were late

  • Airline (crew, maintenance, cleaning, fueling)39%
  • Extreme weather31%
  • Late-arriving aircraft19%
  • Air traffic control & airport congestion12%
  • 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.