Flights Baltimore → Milwaukee
BWI → MKE
Route overview
The flight route from Baltimore to Milwaukee operates with a Boeing 737-300 and has an on-time performance rate of 75%, with average delays of approximately 12 minutes. Over the past year, this route has seen 158 flights, connecting Baltimore's historic airport, which opened in 1947, to one of the busiest airports in Milwaukee, serving over six million passengers annually.
Your rights on this US flight (DOT)
US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under the US DOT rules, if your flight is cancelled or significantly changed and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Amenities for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
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The Baltimore (BWI) → Milwaukee (MKE) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 217 flights monitored in recent months, 73% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 14 minutes. The cancellation rate is 4.15%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 25.1/100 (medium), updated in real time from weather, ATC delays, strikes, NOTAMs, fuel and flight history. At Milwaukee the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes (main cause: atfm). Departing from Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Milwaukee: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Baltimore (BWI) to Milwaukee (MKE) heads north-west for about 1,029 km, a flight time of roughly 1h 42m.
Departures from Baltimore on this leg cluster in the morning window: about 36% of BWI-MKE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Baltimore the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Milwaukee it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 217 tracked BWI-MKE flights, 73% left on time with an average delay of 14 min and a 4.2% cancellation rate.
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Airline punctuality on this route
| Airline | On-time | Average delay | Cancellations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwest Airlines (WN) | 73% | 6 min | 3.1% |
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Frequently asked questions about BWI-MKE
On the Baltimore (BWI) -> Milwaukee (MKE) route, on-time performance is 73% with an average delay of 14 minutes, based on 217 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Baltimore-Milwaukee is 4.15% across 217 monitored flights.
The route is operated by 1 airline: Southwest Airlines.
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US flights have no statutory cash compensation for delays. Under US DOT rules, if the airline cancels or significantly changes your flight and you decline rebooking, you're owed an automatic refund of the unused ticket. The tarmac-delay limit is 3 hours (domestic) / 4 hours (international). Meals or hotels for controllable delays depend on each airline's contract of carriage.
