OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

New York to Milwaukee

738 miData through Dec 2025Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on LGA–MKE arrive on time 78% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate78%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay50 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled4.1%of scheduled flights

based on 442 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Too close to call — no single carrier is clearly more on-time here.

  • Republic Airways
    On-time78%
    Medianon time
    p9050 min
    Cancel4.9%
    Flights346
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time77%
    Medianon time
    p9075 min
    Cancel1.0%
    Flights96

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline33%
  • Weather6%
  • Air traffic (NAS)36%
  • Late aircraft25%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Air traffic (NAS).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly LGA → MKE

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-01 .. 2025-12).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 72% to 88% on time.

  • Mornings88% on time · p90 10 min · 794 flights
  • Middays86% on time · p90 25 min · 859 flights
  • Afternoons80% on time · p90 40 min · 751 flights
  • Evenings72% on time · p90 85 min · 773 flights

Best day of week

Saturdays are the most reliable day to fly this route — 89% on time.

  • Saturdays89% on time · p90 15 min · 264 flights
  • Sundays83% on time · p90 20 min · 430 flights
  • Tuesdays83% on time · p90 40 min · 505 flights
  • Wednesdays83% on time · p90 35 min · 505 flights
  • Mondays80% on time · p90 40 min · 507 flights
  • Thursdays80% on time · p90 45 min · 499 flights
  • Fridays78% on time · p90 60 min · 501 flights
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Methodology

A flight is on time when it arrives within 15 minutes of schedule — the US DOT / BTS standard. Median and p90(the “1-in-10 bad day”) are read from the full arrival-delay distribution, never averaged across periods.

Figures cover a carrier’s own BTS-coded flights. Cells below ~200 flights are flagged as limited data. All numbers are pre-computed from public BTS On-Time Performance data.