Flights Boston → Milwaukee
BOS → MKE
Route overview
The flight route from Boston to Milwaukee has an on-time performance rate of 85%, with flights typically experiencing a mean delay of just 3.5 minutes. Over the course of a year, this route sees 127 flights, connecting to a destination airport that serves approximately 6,015,731 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 Boston (BOS) → Milwaukee (MKE) route is operated by Southwest Airlines. Across 161 flights monitored in recent months, 84% arrived on time (within 15 min of schedule), with an average delay of 8 minutes. The cancellation rate is 3.73%. FlightGuard's average computed risk is 27.3/100 (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 Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 minutes.
Heading to Milwaukee: what to expect in this direction
Flying from Boston (BOS) to Milwaukee (MKE) heads west for about 1,380 km, a flight time of roughly 2h 9m.
Departures from Boston on this leg cluster in the midday window: about 49% of BOS-MKE flights take off then.
Air-traffic congestion: departing Boston the average ATFM delay is 2.0 min (atfm); arriving into Milwaukee it is 2.0 min (atfm).
Across 161 tracked BOS-MKE flights, 84% left on time with an average delay of 8 min and a 3.7% 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 BOS-MKE
On the Boston (BOS) -> Milwaukee (MKE) route, on-time performance is 84% with an average delay of 8 minutes, based on 161 tracked flights.
The cancellation rate on Boston-Milwaukee is 3.73% across 161 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.
