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Route Reliability

Milwaukee → San Diego

MKESAN · 1,739 miles · Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport to San Diego International Airport

75
Usually Fine
WanderNerd Reliability Score
70%
Arrive within 15 minutes
8 min
Average arrival delay
0%
Cancelled
142
Flights in the data

Data through May 2026.

Southwest Airlines is the only airline in this data on this route, arriving on time 70% of the time across 142 flights. No comparison to make.

What the data says

The 3–6 PM departure wins.

MKE–SAN flights departing between 3–6 PM arrived on time 77% of the time, versus 67% between 12–3 PM.

Mondays have been rough.

MKE–SAN flights arrived on time 83% of the time on Saturdays and just 61% on Mondays. That gap is worth planning around.

It basically never cancels.

Out of 142 scheduled flights, only 0.0% were cancelled.

Ticking up lately.

MKE–SAN flights arrived on time 70% of the time over the last three months in the data, compared with 66% in the three months before that.

Flights on this route

The breakdown

On-time by weekday
  • Mon61%(23 flights)
  • Tue(3 flights)
  • Wed(1 flights)
  • Thu65%(23 flights)
  • Fri64%(28 flights)
  • Sat83%(36 flights)
  • Sun74%(27 flights)
On-time by departure window
  • 9 AM–12 PM71%(17 flights)
  • 12–3 PM67%(90 flights)
  • 3–6 PM77%(34 flights)
On-time trend by month
82%
May

Oct 62% → May 82% on time

On-time arrival percentage by month
MonthOn-time percentageFlights
October 202562%21
November 202568%19
December 202577%17
February 202655%11
March 202671%21
April 202656%18
May 202682%17

Based on 142 historical flights, because apparently we checked. Historical flight data: U.S. Bureau of Transportation Statistics, June 2025 – May 2026. Data through May 2026. How we calculate this.