MKE → DCA Southwest Airlines

Southwest Airlines · Milwaukee, WI to Washington, DC · 683 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30 · aggregated across 40 flight numbers

This route runs much more reliably at some times of day than others — 92% on-time departing 6–9am vs. 49% departing 6–9pm.
On-time arrival
76%
Median delay
-4 min
90th percentile
+50 min
Cancellation rate
2%

How on-time is Southwest Airlines from MKE to DCA?

Across every Southwest Airlines flight number on MKE → DCA (683 flights, 2025-07-01 to 2026-06-30), 76% arrived within 15 minutes of schedule. Median arrival delay -4 min; the worst 10% ran +50 min or later. 2% were cancelled.

Delay distribution

Arrival delay for completed flights (excludes cancellations and diversions).

ArrivalFlightsShare
Early / on-time50776%
16-30 min558%
31-60 min507%
61-120 min376%
2+ hrs183%

Performance by month

MonthFlightsOn-timeAvg delay
2025-075772%+19 min
2025-085883%+2 min
2025-095686%+7 min
2025-105867%+15 min
2025-115576%+2 min
2025-126083%-1 min
2026-015474%+3 min
2026-024584%+8 min
2026-035459%+15 min
2026-045673%+6 min
2026-055679%+4 min
2026-065876%+14 min

Performance by day of week

DayFlightsOn-time
Mon10082%
Tue10476%
Wed10179%
Thu10074%
Fri9969%
Sat6580%
Sun9873%

Based on US DOT Bureau of Transportation Statistics on-time data. Loading the full breakdown…