OnTimeStats

Historical on-time performance

Chicago to Milwaukee

67 miData through May 2026Source: US DOT · BTS

Flights on ORD–MKE arrive on time 61% of the time over the last 12 months.

On-time rate61%arrived within 15 min
p90 delay100 min1 in 10 flights is worse (tail risk)
Cancelled4.5%of scheduled flights

based on 4,998 flights over the last 12 months. On-time means arriving within 15 minutes (BTS standard).

By airline

How each carrier compares

Not enough comparable data to name a most-on-time carrier — low-data carriers aren't ranked.

  • Republic Airways
    On-time73%
    Medianon time
    p9040 min
    Cancel11.7%
    Flights60
  • SkyWest Airlines
    On-time60%
    Medianon time
    p90100 min
    Cancel4.4%
    Flights4,898
  • Envoy Air
    On-time53%
    Medianon time
    p90100 min
    Cancel2.5%
    Flights40

Why flights run late

Delay causes

  • Airline41%
  • Weather17%
  • Air traffic (NAS)16%
  • Late aircraft26%
  • Security0%

Most delay minutes here are attributed to Airline.

When flights don't go

Why flights were cancelled

  • Airline2%
  • Weather84%
  • Air traffic (NAS)14%
  • Security0%

Most cancellations here are attributed to Weather. Shares are among 224 cancellations with a reported cause (BTS reports causes from June 2003).

Over time

On-time trend

By season

On-time rate by month

When to fly

Best time to fly ORD → MKE

All airlines · rolling 36 months (2023-06 .. 2026-05).

Best time of day

On-time rates are fairly even by time of day on this route — ranging from 62% to 71% on time.

  • Mornings71% on time · p90 55 min · 1,150 flights
  • Middays71% on time · p90 70 min · 1,966 flights
  • Overnights67% on time · p90 80 min · 2,338 flights
  • Afternoons66% on time · p90 80 min · 2,529 flights
  • Evenings62% on time · p90 95 min · 2,414 flights

Best day of week

On-time rates are fairly even by day on this route — ranging from 62% to 72% on time.

  • Tuesdays72% on time · p90 70 min · 1,463 flights
  • Wednesdays71% on time · p90 60 min · 1,471 flights
  • Saturdays70% on time · p90 65 min · 1,456 flights
  • Thursdays67% on time · p90 70 min · 1,486 flights
  • Mondays65% on time · p90 90 min · 1,514 flights
  • Fridays62% on time · p90 90 min · 1,504 flights
  • Sundays62% on time · p90 105 min · 1,503 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.