Best time to fly out of Marquette/Sawyer (MQT)
Marquette/Sawyer did not fly enough departures in this window to split the day into time bands. Not enough flights to say. A percentage needs at least 100 flights behind it before it is worth printing; anything thinner is noise wearing a decimal point. These are historical odds, not forecasts. The records say what happened on this schedule over three years; they know nothing about tomorrow’s thunderstorm.
Data through June 2026 · Bureau of Transportation Statistics
On-time rate by hour and day
On this page, “on time” means a departure that pushed back less than 15 minutes behind its scheduled time — the Bureau of Transportation Statistics definition, and the one airlines are held to.
| Departure time | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Before 6am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6–8am | 82 | 86 | 84 | 83 | 82 | 86 | 85 |
| 8–10am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10am–12pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12–2pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2–4pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 4–6pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 6–8pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8–10pm | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 10pm–12am | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Not enough flights to say — fewer than 100 in this window.
The year at MQT
December was the hard month at MQT: 68.4% of departures left on time, across 215 flights. October was the easy one at 87.8%. Each month pools three years of that month, so a single bad week does not decide it.
| Month | Share departures that left on time | Flights |
|---|---|---|
| January | 73.1% | 218 |
| February | 75.5% | 242 |
| March | 78.1% | 271 |
| April | 79.8% | 278 |
| May | 86.5% | 335 |
| June | 82.3% | 319 |
| July | 76.6% | 300 |
| August | 80.5% | 299 |
| September | 83.9% | 242 |
| October | 87.8% | 222 |
| November | 84.7% | 209 |
| December | 68.4% | 215 |
Airlines at MQT
Every airline with at least 100 departures from MQT, busiest first. These are that airline’s departures from this airport only — its record across the country sits on its own page.
| Airline | Left on time | Typical delay | Cancelled | Departures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Envoy Air | 77% | 110 min | 2.9% | 1,545 |
| SkyWest Airlines | 82.3% | 124 min | 4.3% | 1,300 |
| Endeavor Air | 86.9% | 74 min | 2.3% | 305 |
What delays out of MQT were put down to
Airlines file a reason with every arrival running 15 minutes late or more. Across 661 flights that departed MQT and ran 15 minutes late or more, the delay minutes break down with 37% put down to airline operations and 28.6% to severe weather.
- Late-arriving aircraft 20.9%
- Airline operations 37%
- Air traffic & airport volume 13.3%
- Severe weather 28.6%
- Security 0.1%
Late-arriving aircraft is the knock-on category: the plane came in late, so it went out late again. It is why a 7am problem in Newark is still a problem in Denver at dinnertime, and why it is usually the biggest slice on the bar.
If you are connecting through MQT
Of 3,151 scheduled arrivals into MQT, 73.3% reached the gate less than 15 minutes behind schedule. Of the 716 arrivals that ran late, 43.4% were no more than 45 minutes behind — which is the difference between a tight connection and a new boarding pass.
Work out a specific layover — pick the airport and the minutes you have, and the tool reads the same arrival records back as a share.
Busiest routes out of MQT
Ranked by flights, with the share that arrived on time at the far end. Where a route carries enough flights for a page of its own the chip goes there; otherwise it goes to the destination airport.
MQT in one number
Marquette/Sawyer (MQT)
Rank 237 of 363 US airports by departures. Steadiest stretch of the day: 6–8am. Hardest month: December.
Questions about MQT
- What is the worst month to fly out of MQT?
- December: 68.4% of the departures that flew left on time, with 215 scheduled. October was the other end of the year at 87.8%. Each figure pools three years of that calendar month.
- Which airline is most on time at MQT?
- Endeavor Air — 86.9% of its 305 departures from MQT left on time. Envoy Air sat at the other end at 77% over 1,545 flights. Only airlines with at least 100 departures here are ranked.
- How often are flights cancelled at MQT?
- 3.4% of scheduled departures were cancelled over July 2023 through June 2026. Cancellations are counted against everything scheduled, not against everything that flew — a rate that looks small still adds up to real people in a rebooking line.